Jaffa Clock Tower
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The Jaffa Clock Tower is a historic Ottoman-era clock tower and prominent architectural landmark located at the entrance to the old city of Jaffa in Tel Aviv, Israel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jaffa Clock Tower canonical | 7 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clock tower
ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Ottoman architecture ⓘ |
| builtDuringReignOf |
Sultan Abdul Hamid II
ⓘ
surface form:
Abdul Hamid II
|
| constructionEnd | 1903 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1900 ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| currentUse | public monument ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Sultan Abdul Hamid II ⓘ |
| era | late Ottoman period ⓘ |
| follows | Ottoman clock tower tradition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arched openings
ⓘ
clock ⓘ commemorative plaques ⓘ corner pilasters ⓘ decorative cornices ⓘ four clock faces ⓘ |
| hasRestoration |
20th century
ⓘ
early 21st century ⓘ |
| height | approximately 27 meters ⓘ |
| heritage | Ottoman-era ⓘ |
| inception | 1903 ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedAt | northern entrance to Old Jaffa ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jaffa
ⓘ
Coastal Plain of Israel ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean coastal plain
Old Jaffa area ⓘ
surface form:
Old Jaffa
Tel Aviv ⓘ Tel Aviv District ⓘ Tel Aviv ⓘ
surface form:
Tel Aviv-Yafo
|
| locatedOn |
Jerusalem Boulevard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yefet Street ⓘ |
| material |
limestone
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| near |
Jaffa Flea Market
ⓘ
surface form:
Jaffa flea market
Jaffa Port ⓘ
surface form:
Jaffa port
Old Jaffa city walls (remains) ⓘ |
| numberOfClockFaces | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfStoreys | 3 ⓘ |
| owner | Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo ⓘ |
| partOf | series of Ottoman clock towers built across the empire ⓘ |
| purpose | commemoration of the silver jubilee of Sultan Abdul Hamid II ⓘ |
| significance |
popular tourist site in Tel Aviv-Yafo
ⓘ
prominent landmark of Jaffa ⓘ symbol of the entrance to Old Jaffa ⓘ |
| touristActivity |
photography
ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.