Manara Clock Tower
The Manara Clock Tower or al-Manura clock tower is a clock tower located in the middle of the central square in the Old City of Nablus next to the An-Nasr Mosque in the Palestine.
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. The tower is similar to those also built by Sultan Abdul Hamid in Tripoli, Lebanon#The [Clock Tower|Tripoli] and Jaffa. The Manara Clock Tower has an ode to the sultan in elaborate Arabic calligraphy.
The Manara Clock Tower is currently a part of the symbol of the Municipality of Nablus.