Manara Clock Tower

Clock tower in Nablus, Palestine

Manara Clock Tower

برج الساعة

General information
Type| clock tower
Town or city| Nablus, West Bank
Country| Palestine
Coordinates| 32°13′08″N 35°15′41″E﻿ / ﻿32.218887°N 35.261409°E﻿ / 32.218887; 35.261409
Year(s) 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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1. ^ Guide, Nablus. "Nablus Today". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
2. ^ 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]
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ La Guardia, 2002, p.315.

## Bibliography

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* La Guardia, Anton (2002), War Without End: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Struggle for a Promised Land, Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-27669-9