Clock Tower, Aleppo (must see)

The Clock Tower is one of Aleppo’s most prominent landmarks. It was built in 1898-1899 by the Austrian architect of Aleppo city Charles Chartier with the help of the Syrian engineer Bakr Sidqi, under Ottoman ruler of Aleppo; wāli Raif Pasha. Set close to the Old Town, near the historical gate of Bab al-Faraj, this tower is an amazing example of the Ottoman-Baroque style of the 19th and 20th centuries. The design of the tower resembles the old Islamic minarets with four similar facades, topped with traditional oriental muqarnas. This kind of edifice is characteristic for many cities of the Ottoman Empire.