Religious, Spiritual sights in Akko
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Al-Jazzar Mosque
Perhaps a little bit patchy up close, from a distance the large green dome and slender pencil minaret of Al-Jazzar Mosque form a beautiful ensemble. The mosque was built in 1781 in typical Ottoman Turkish style with a little local improvisation in parts; the columns in the courtyard, for example, were looted from Roman Caesarea. Around by the base of the minaret, the small twin-domed building contains the sarcophagi of Al-Jazzar and his adopted son and successor, Süleyman.
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