White Tower

minaret, Ramla, Israel

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The White Tower in Ramla, Israel, is the minaret of the former White Mosque. Established in 716 CE, Ramla was an administrative capital founded by Caliph Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik. While the original mosque is now ruins, the White Tower, standing 89 feet tall, was added in the 13th century by Mamlūk sultan Baybars. Minarets, like the White Tower, are architectural features in Islamic religious buildings from which the muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.12

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…the White Mosque, the so-called White Tower, 89 feet (27 m) tall, added by the Mamlūk sultan Baybars (reigned 1260–77), still stands. During the First Crusade (1096–99), the city was captured and fortified by the crusaders, who called it Rames. The fortifications were destroyed by Saladin when he took the…
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…the White Mosque, the so-called White Tower, 89 feet (27 m) tall, added by the Mamlūk sultan Baybars (reigned 1260–77), still stands. During the First Crusade (1096–99), the city was captured and fortified by the crusaders, who called it Rames. The fortifications were destroyed by Saladin when he took the…
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