Old City of Nablus
البلدة القديمة النابلس | |
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Old city | |
 Streets of the Old City | |
 1937 Survey of Palestine map | |
| Coordinates: 32°13′8″N 35°15′41″E / 32.21889°N 35.26139°E | |
| Country |  Palestine |
| City | Nablus |
The Old City of Nablus is the historical center of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Known for its cultural, architectural, and social heritage, the Old City was founded as a Roman city, and remained an important urban center ever since.[1][2] The Old City of Nablus was a center of commerce, with large souqs selling textiles, spices and Nabulsi soap.[3] Today it includes more than 100 historical monumental buildings.[4] The Old City has been repeatedly damaged by Israeli rockets and bombs, particularly during the Second Intifada, where it suffered "probably more than any other Palestinian city".[3][5]
- ^ Semplici, Andrea and Boccia, Mario. – Nablus, At the Foot of the Holy Mountain Archived 2017-07-08 at the Wayback Machine Med Cooperation, p.17.
- ^ "History". Nablus.ps. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ a b Abujidi 2023, p. 343–356.
- ^ Salameh, Muna M.; Touqan, Basim A.; Awad, Jihad; Salameh, Mohammed M. (2022). "Heritage conservation as a bridge to sustainability assessing thermal performance and the preservation of identity through heritage conservation in the Mediterranean city of Nablus". Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 13 (2). Elsevier BV: 101553. doi:10.1016/j.asej.2021.07.007. ISSN 2090-4479.
The old city is a dense structure of narrow alleyways and public spaces, with many unique architectural features like vaulted arches, domes, minarets, roofed streets, vaults, etc. The city includes more than 100 historical monumental buildings such as Turkish baths, water springs, khans, ancient soap factories, churches, mosques, historic palaces, etc. Moreover, the city includes verifications for variety of accumulated cultures and civilizations with unique characteristics from various periods, Roman, Islamic, Ottoman, etc.
- ^ Abujidi & Verschure 2006, p. 206: "Given the large number of frequent Israeli army invasions of the Old Town, the so called Operation Defensive Shield in April 2002 is considered the heaviest single operation. It caused damage to 47.5% of the housing blocks that structure the Old Town’s urban fabric… During other invasions, a shift in the mechanism and location of destruction is evident. Highly focused, limited-scale demolitions targeting specific sections of the city were identified. The size and scale of destruction are not always determined by the type of invasion. For example, the scale of destruction resulting from the overnight incursion of January 2005 was larger than that of the short-term invasion of January 2004, which lasted 10 days. Moreover, a repeated rhythm in invading and destroying the same buildings during the several invasions was registered over the past four years, with each invasion accompanied by destruction, looting, and vandalism."