Landmarks Gaza City



world war cemetery in gaza


landmarks in gaza include great mosque in old city. pagan temple, consecrated greek orthodox church byzantines, mosque in 8th century arabs. crusaders transformed church, reestablished mosque after gaza s reconquest muslims. oldest , largest in gaza strip.


other mosques in old city include mamluk-era sayed hashem mosque believed house tomb of hashem ibn abd al-manaf in dome. there nearby kateb al-welaya mosque dates 1334. in shuja iyya ibn uthman mosque, built nablus native ahmad ibn uthman in 1402, , mahkamah mosque built mamluk majordomo birdibak al-ashrafi in 1455. in tuffah ibn marwan mosque, built in 1324 , houses tomb of ali ibn marwan, holy man.


the unknown soldier s square, located in rimal, monument dedicated unknown palestinian fighter died in 1948 war. in 1967, monument torn down israeli forces , remained patch of sand, until public garden built there funding norway. qasr al-basha, mamluk-era villa used napoleon during brief sojourn in gaza, located in old city , today girls school. commonwealth gaza war cemetery, referred british war cemetery, contains graves of fallen allied soldiers in world war 1.5 km (1 mi) northeast of city center in tuffah district near salah al-din road.








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