Aleppo
يُعد برج ساعة باب الفرج أحد معالم حلب الحديثة، وقد بُني في عامي 1898–1899 بالقرب من بوابة باب الفرج القديمة. صممه معماري المدينة شارل شارتييه بالتعاون مع…
The Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower is one of the landmarks of modern Aleppo, built in 1898–99 near the old gate of Bab al-Faraj. It was designed by the city architect Charles Chartier with the engineer Bakr Sidqi under the Ottoman governor Ra'if Pasha, and inaugurated in 1900 for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Sultan Abd al-Hamid II's accession. Its four faces and stone stalactite decoration echo the minarets of the old city, and it stands beside the National Library, a short walk from the National Museum.