Al-Jazzar Mosque
Al-Jazzar Mosque
- Address
- Price
- admission 6
- Hours
- 08:00-17:00 Sat-Thu, 08:00-11:00 & 13:00-17:00 Fri
Lonely Planet review for 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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