Titre du document / Document title

Bayt al-Hawwari, a hawsh House in Sabastiya

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

BURGOYNE Michael Hamilton ; HAWARI Mahmoud ;

Résumé / Abstract

Sabastiya is located in the West Bank 15 km. north-west of the city of Nablus, on the eastern slope of the hill below the ancient site of Samaria-Sebaste. At the centre of the village the main mosque stands within the remains of a Crusader cathedral. Winding, dusty alleys and lanes radiate from the village square in front of the mosque. A few medieval and many Ottoman buildings survive, some in a good state of preservation. One of the buildings from the Ottoman period, the Bayt al-Hawwari, was the subject of the twelfth season of the Medieval and Ottoman Survey (MOS) carried out during four weeks from mid-August to mid-September 2000. It is a semi-private family compound (hawsh) with numerous rooms built at different times around a central courtyard reached by a formal entrance doorway from the street. Local tradition has it that the earliest part of the building was constructed in the late eighteenth century, with other parts added later.

Revue / Journal Title

Levant    ISSN  0075-8914 

Source / Source

2005, vol. 37, pp. 57-80 [24 page(s) (article)] (1 p.1/4)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Maney, Leeds, ROYAUME-UNI  (1969) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Asia

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Site

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Palestine

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Ottoman empire

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Samaria

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Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Asie

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Sabastiya

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Site

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Palestine

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Empire Ottoman

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Samarie

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Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 23262, 35400013568937.0040