Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower
Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
The Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower stands near the historic Bab al-Faraj gate in Aleppo, Syria, beside the National Library. Built in 1898–1899 by the French architect Charles Chartier with the Syrian engineer Bakr Sidqi, under the Ottoman wāli Raif Pasha, it was inaugurated in 1900 and rises 28 metres. Its four similar façades, topped with traditional muqarnas, recall the old Islamic minarets.
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- Built
- Type
- clock tower
- Height
- 28 m
- Place
- Aleppo Governorate, Syria
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