The 1898 Jaffa Gate Clock Tower: Ottoman Modernity in Palestine
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In 1898, the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II gifted a towering French-made clock to Jerusalem, installed at Jaffa Gate. This episode explores the clock tower as a symbol of Ottoman modernization (Tanzimat), its architectural and political significance, and its controversial demolition by the British in 1922. We talk about the tower's unveiling during Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit, the role of Jerusalem's municipal council (baladiya), and the lost Ottoman civic vision. Also: the 1901 Jaffa clock tower, the Ottoman love of public clocks, and what the tower's destruction reveals about imperial transitions in Palestine.
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