Name of Monument:

The Tell Clock Tower

Location:

Al-Tell Square, Tripoli, Lebanon

Date of Monument:

1906

History:

This clock tower was gifted to the city of Tripoli - like many clock towers of the Ottoman Empire, such as the famous Jaffa clock tower - and erected in 1906, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sultan 'Abd al-Hamid II's reign. The clock tower is now working again, following a full renovation in 1992, supported by personal funding from the honorary Turkish consul of Northern Lebanon, Sobhi Akkari.

Description:

This clock tower is located in Al-Tell square, next to Al-Manshiyya, one of the oldest parks in Tripoli. The tower is 30 metres tall and consists of five separate floors.

Citation of this web page:

Hady El Hajj, Jennifer Harb, Cynthia Karaki "The Tell Clock Tower" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;AWE;lb;41;en

Prepared by: Hady El Hajj, Jennifer Harb, Cynthia Karaki
Copyedited by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: LB 045