Qasr al-Basha

Qasr al-Basha, also known as Pasha's Palace Museum, Radwan Castle, and Napoleon's Fort, was a historic building in the Old City of , . At the time of its destruction, it housed a museum.
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Photo: Ramez Habboub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: building in Gaza City within the State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “Napoleon’s Fort”, “Napolion Castle”, “Palace of al-Ridwan”, “Pasha’s Palace Museum”, “Qaser Al-Basha Museum”, “Qasr al-Ridwan”, and “Radwan Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital and Ibn Marwan Mosque.

Hospital
Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, usually called the Baptist Hospital for short, is a hospital in the . Its headquarters are located in the Zeitoun neighborhood in the south of , , and it is managed by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem. is situated 450 metres west of Qasr al-Basha.

Mosque
Photo: Ahmad.hamed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a situated in the midst of a cemetery in the neighborhood of , in the , relatively isolated from the rest of the city. is situated 260 metres east of Qasr al-Basha.

Mosque
The , 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 , in the . is situated 400 metres southeast of Qasr al-Basha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tel al-Hawa and Jabalia.

Suburb
Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a neighborhood in the southern part of the Palestinian city of . Incorporated by the Palestinian National Authority in the late 1990s, is one of the more affluent areas of the city. is situated 3 km west of Qasr al-Basha.

Town
Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also spelled Jabalya, is a city in the , , located 4 kilometers north of , in the of the . is situated 3 km northeast of Qasr al-Basha.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern . Located in the northwestern part of the desert close to the border with the and near the development towns of and , it is under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. is situated 4½ km southeast of Qasr al-Basha.

Qasr al-Basha

Latitude
31.50451° or 31° 30′ 16″ north
Longitude
34.46627° or 34° 27′ 59″ east
Open location code
8G3PGF38+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 504268133
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q3456588
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Qasr al-Basha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر الباشا”
  • Arabic: “متحف قصر الباشا”
  • Basque: “Qasr al-Basha”
  • Belarusian: “Палац Аль-Баша”
  • Dutch: “Qasr al-Basha”
  • French: “Château de Radwan”
  • French: “Fort de Napoléon”
  • French: “Musée du Palais du Pacha”
  • French: “Palais Raḍwān”
  • French: “Qasr al-Basha”
  • German: “Qasr al-Basha”
  • Indonesian: “Qasr al-Basha”
  • Japanese: “カセル・アル・バーシャ”
  • Malay: “Qasr al-Basha”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qasr al-Basha”
  • Persian: “قصر الباشا”
  • Spanish: “Qasr al-Basha”
  • Turkish: “Paşa Sarayı”
  • Urdu: “قصر الباشا”
  • Welsh: “Qasr al-Basha”

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