Things to see in Gaza City
Gaza City is a city in State of Palestine, with an urban population of about 506 thousand. Below are 20 notable places within about 6 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Great Mosque of Gaza Place of worship
The Great Mosque of Gaza, also known as the Great Omari Mosque, is a mosque in a ruinous state, located in Gaza City, in the State of Palestine.
2Church of Saint Porphyrius Place of worship
The Church of Saint Porphyrius is a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City, Palestine. It belongs to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and is the oldest active church in the city.
3Holy Family Church Place of worship
The Holy Family Church of Gaza City is the only Catholic church in Gaza, Palestine. Construction of the church was completed in 1965.
4Gaza Museum of Archaeology Museum
Al Mat'haf is a small, private museum in Gaza City, Palestine, focused on archaeology of the Gaza Strip.
5Sayed al-Hashim Mosque Place of worship
The Sayed al-Hashim Mosque is one of the largest and oldest mosques in Gaza, in the State of Palestine, located in the ad-Darrāj Quarter of the Old City, off al-Wehda Street.
6Al-Shamah Mosque Place of worship
The Al-Sham'ah Mosque, also known as the Bab ad-Darum Mosque, is a mosque located in Hayy al-Najjarin (the Carpenters' Neighborhood) of the al-Zaytun Quarter in the Old City of Gaza, Palestine.
7Welayat Mosque Place of worship
The Katib al-Wilaya Mosque, also known as the Welayat Mosque, is a small mosque located along Omar Mukhtar Street in the Zaytun Quarter of the Old City of Gaza, Palestine.
8Gold Market Shopping
The Gold Market was a narrow covered passageway located in the old quarter of Gaza, Palestine; it was both a center for trading and buying gold, and location for foreign exchange.
9Unknown Soldier's Square Neighbourhood
Soldier's Square or Square of the Unknown Soldier is a city square in Gaza City, State of Palestine, situated along Omar Mukhtar Street in the Rimal district.
10Old City of Gaza Neighbourhood
The Old City of Gaza is the historical center of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. It consists of a heavily built up urban area with many historical buildings on a 10–30 metre high low-lying tell covering an area of about 100 hectares (1.0 km2).
11Ibn Uthman Mosque Place of worship
The Ibn Uthman Mosque is a destroyed mosque situated along Suq Street ("Bazaar Street") in the Turukman Quarter in the southeastern Shuja'iyya district of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, in the State of Palestine.
12Palestine Square Neighbourhood
Palestine Square, also known as Al-Saha or As-Saha, is a city square in east-central Gaza City, Palestine, in between Jamal Abdel Nasser Street and Omar Mukhtar Street.
13Aybaki Mosque Place of worship
The Al-Aybaki Mosque, also referred to as the Mosque of Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki, was a mosque situated in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, in the State of Palestine.
14Abu Khadra Mosque Place of worship
The Abu Khadra Mosque was a mosque located in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, in the State of Palestine. Prior to its destruction by Israeli forces in 2012, the mosque had one minaret and two domes.
15Ibn Marwan Mosque Place of worship
The Ibn Marwan Mosque is a mosque situated in the midst of a cemetery in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza, in the State of Palestine, relatively isolated from the rest of the city.
16Gaza Zoo Park
The Gaza Zoo was a leisure complex, series of public gardens, children's amusement park and zoo in the Gaza Strip created by the government of Gaza in the spring of 2010 on government property that was formerly a garbage dump.
17Mahkamah Mosque Place of worship
The Mahkamah Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Birdibak or the Madrasa of Amir Bardabak was a Friday mosque and madrasa, that was located along Baghdad Street near the main western entrance of the Shuja'iyya district in Gaza City, in the State of Palestine.
18Gaza War Cemetery History
The Gaza War Cemetery is a cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Salah al-Din Road in Tuffah, Gaza City, Palestine.
19Gaza Mall Shopping
The Gaza Mall is Gaza’s first shopping mall. It opened in Gaza City, Palestine, on 17 July 2010.
20Gaza City Mall Shopping
Al-Andalusia mall is a three-story shopping mall in Gaza City, Palestine. It was the city's second indoor mall and opened in July 2011.
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