| Manara Clock Tower | |
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برج الساعة | |
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| General information | |
| Type | clock tower |
| Town or city | Nablus,West Bank |
| Country | Palestine |
| Coordinates | 32°13′08″N35°15′41″E / 32.218887°N 35.261409°E /32.218887; 35.261409 |
| Year(s) built | 1906 |
TheManara Clock Tower oral-Manura clock tower (Arabic:برج الساعة)[1] is aclock tower located in the middle of the central square (casbah) in theOld City of Nablus next to theAn-Nasr Mosque in thePalestine.[2]
Five stories high, it was erected in 1906 on the orders of theOttoman sultanAbdul Hamid II to celebrate 30 years of his reign.[2][3] The tower is similar to those also built by Sultan Abdul Hamid inTripoli (today in Lebanon) andJaffa.[2] The Manara Clock Tower has an ode to the sultan in elaborateArabic calligraphy.[4]
The Manara Clock Tower is currently the symbol of the Municipality of Nablus.
