Manara Clock Tower
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| Manara Clock Tower | |
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برج الساعة | |
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| General information | |
| Type | clock tower |
| Location | Nablus, West Bank, Palestine |
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| Year built | 1906 |
The Manara Clock Tower or al-Manura clock tower (Arabic: برج الساعة)[1] is a clock tower located in the middle of the central square (casbah) in the Old City of Nablus next to the An-Nasr Mosque in the Palestine.[2]
Five stories high, it was erected in 1906 on the orders of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II to celebrate 30 years of his reign.[2][3] The tower is similar to those also built by Sultan Abdul Hamid in Tripoli (today in Lebanon) and Jaffa.[2] The Manara Clock Tower has an ode to the sultan in elaborate Arabic calligraphy.[4]
The Manara Clock Tower is currently a part of the symbol of the Municipality of Nablus.
References
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- ^ a b c Semplici, Andrea and Boccia, Mario. - Nablus, At the Foot of the Holy Mountain Archived 2017-07-08 at the Wayback Machine Med Cooperation, p.17.[dead link]
- ^ Seven clock towers were built in the Land of Israel Archived 2004-10-19 at the Wayback Machine L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art - Jerusalem, 2004.
- ^ La Guardia, 2002, p.315.
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