The Clock Tower (External sighting from the main street)

The natives of Nablus had erected the clock tower “as-Sā'ah” to celebrate the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of Sultan Abd al-Hamīd II’s coronation in 1898. It is located at al-Manārah square in the middle of the old city. The Sultan welcomed the initiative, and he had given Nablus a German clock, which was mounted on the tower, and it is still works today. This clock is one of the most important cultural monuments of the city to the extent that it was taken as an emblem for it, being decorated with Ottoman calligraphy.

Historical Section
Building Attribution: The building's layout is similar to several towers that the Ottoman administration established in several Palestinian cities, in addition to a marble inscription.
History: The tower bears the character of the Ottoman towers and the marble inscription above the entrance to the southern tower on the first floor states that the tower was established in 1318 AH/1900 AD on the occasion of the silver jubilee of Sultan Abdul Hamid II's accession to the throne of the Ottoman Turkish state.
Al-Nimr says that the clock tower was built with donations from the city's residents, as a piece of land from the orchard of the Al-Nimr and Touqan Endowment was acquired, which is the land on which the square and a pool of water were built, and then this tower was built, at the top of which the clock was placed in the four directions so that all the city's residents could see and hear its chimes. After that, a special employee was appointed for it, meaning to repair and maintain it whenever it needed to, which is what it is today.
Founder and builders: The clock was donated by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid II, and the people of Nablus donated the land and built the tower in 1318 AH - 1900 AD.
Later history (modern): In 2013, the Nablus Municipality, in cooperation with the Turkish state, restored and renovated the tower building and raised the level of the ground floor in front of its tower to the south. This tower is now considered a symbol of the municipality and the city of Nablus.

Architectural description
The clock tower building is square in shape, with each of its four sides measuring 4 x 4 m2. The tower consists of a stone body with five sections (floors). The weights used to operate the clock hang down to the second and third floors, inside which there is a wooden and iron staircase to reach the clock and repair it.
The first of the five sections is the base of the tower, which is distinguished by its height being higher than the rest of the sections. An entrance is opened in its southern facade that leads to the following upper sections. The entrance is surmounted by a single-piece lintel, above which stands the above-mentioned marble inscription, and a pointed stone arch adorned with a Turkish tughra, the key to the arch, surrounds which rests two stone columns flanking the sides of the entrance opening, which in turn rest on two stone quoins as their bases. In the second section, symmetrical stone windows are opened on its four sides, with two adjacent windows between them a small stone column and above each of them a three-opening stone arch. The four facades of the third section are occupied by a stone balcony supported by stone cables and reached through a small entrance with a circular arch. The fourth section is designated to house the clock on the four facades, while the fifth and final section has a horseshoe arch on each of its four facades.