Manara Clock Tower | |
Native Name: | برج الساعة |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Coordinates: | 32.2189°N 35.2614°W |
Building Type: | clock tower |
Location City: | Nablus, West Bank |
Location Country: | Palestine |
Years Built: | 1906 |
Est Completion: | --> |
Destruction Date: | --> |
Management: | or |
Operator: | or |
Governing Body: | --> |
The Manara Clock Tower or al-Manura clock tower (ar|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 the symbol of the Municipality of Nablus.