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1. El-Jazzar Mosque – Crusader Fortress of Akko loop from Acre

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2. Khan al-Umdan (Caravanserai) – El-Jazzar Mosque loop from עכו

7.11km

01:49

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December 15, 2018

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Matto

September 13, 2020

The El Jazzar Mosque is located within the old city walls. It was named after the Ottoman governor Cezzar Ahmet Pasha. It is an excellent example of Ottoman architecture, which combines Byzantine and Persian styles.

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May 9, 2023

The el-Jazzar Mosque was the project of its namesake, Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar, the Acre-based governor of the Sidon and Damascus provinces, who was famous for his impressive public works and defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Siege of Acre in 1799. El-Jazzar ordered the mosque's construction in 1781 and had it completed within the year.[1] Despite lacking architectural training, el-Jazzar was the architect of the mosque,[2][3] drawing up its plans and design,[2] and supervising its entire construction.[3][2] In addition to the mosque itself, the complex included an Islamic theological academy with student lodging, an Islamic court and a public library.[4][3] The mosque was built for religious purposes, but its grandiose size and additional functions were also intended by el-Jazzar to serve as a means of consolidating his political legitimacy as ruler of Ottoman Syria.[5] He modeled the mosque on the mosques of Istanbul, the Ottoman capital.[4][3]

The el-Jazzar Mosque was built over former Muslim and Christian prayer houses and other Crusader buildings, including military architecture.[1][4] Building materials for the mosque, particularly its marble and granite components, were taken from the ancient ruins of Caesarea, Atlit and medieval Acre.[4] El-Jazzar commissioned several Greek masons as the mosque's builders.[6] There is a tughra or monogram on a marble disc inside the gate, naming the ruling Sultan, his father, and bearing the legend "ever-victorious."[citation needed]

Adjacent to the mosque is a mausoleum and small graveyard containing the tombs of Jazzar Pasha and his adoptive son and successor, Sulayman Pasha, and their relatives.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El-Jazzar_Mosque)

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El-Jazzar Mosque

1. El-Jazzar Mosque – Crusader Fortress of Akko loop from Acre

2. Khan al-Umdan (Caravanserai) – El-Jazzar Mosque loop from עכו

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