The White Tower

The White Mosque was an Umayyad-era , now in partial ruins, located in , in central . Only its minaret is still standing. According to local Islamic tradition, the northwestern section of the mosque contained the shrine of an Islamic prophet, Salih.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: mosque in Ramla, Israel
  • Also known as: “al-Abyad Mosque”, “Jami el-Abiad”, “Jami‘ al-Abyad”, “Masjid al-Abyad”, “White mosque”, “White Mosque of Ramle”, and “White tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brechat HaKshatot and Ramla.

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is situated 650 metres northeast of The White Tower.

Railway station
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railway station is a railway station in , , on the –– line. The station is located in the east of . The station is also on a section shared with the Be'er Sheva–Tel Aviv line, which branches out in a southerly direction about 3 km east of . is situated 1 km east of The White Tower.

Prison
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, formerly known as Ramla Prison, is a maximum-security prison located in , Israel. It is managed by the Israel Prison Service. The prison was opened in 1950, and was built in the style of the Tegart forts from the British Mandate era. is situated 1½ km northeast of The White Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ramla and Dahmash.

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, also known as Ramle, is a city in the of . Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with significant numbers of both Jews and Arabs.

Hamlet
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is an Arab village in situated 15 kilometers from Tel Aviv-Yafo in an agricultural area between , and . It has been inhabited since 1951, and has a population of 600 people, all Arab citizens of Israel, living in approximately 70 homes.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located in the around three kilometres south of Ramle and covering roughly 500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2024 it had a population of 1,145.

The White Tower

Latitude
31.92793° or 31° 55′ 41″ north
Longitude
34.86605° or 34° 51′ 58″ east
Levels
4
Height
31 metres (100 feet)
Open location code
8G3PWVH8+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 341510678
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2786561
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“The White Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأبيض في الرملة”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأبيض”
  • Bengali: “সাদা মসজিদ, রমলা”
  • Chinese: “拉姆拉的白色清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Witte moskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الابيض فى الرمله”
  • Esperanto: “Blanka Moskeo”
  • Hebrew: “המגדל הלבן”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד הלבן”
  • Hindi: “व्हाइट मस्जिद, रामला”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Putih, Ramla”
  • Italian: “moschea Bianca”
  • Italian: “Moschea Bianca”
  • Japanese: “ラムラの白モスク”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Al-Abyad i Ramla”
  • Persian: “مسجد سفید، رمله”
  • Persian: “مسجد سفید”
  • Russian: “Белая башня Рамлы”
  • Russian: “Белая мечеть”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดขาว (อัรร็อมละฮ์)”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดขาว”
  • Ukrainian: “Біла мечеть (Рамла)”
  • Ukrainian: “Біла мечеть”
  • Urdu: “مسجد الابیض، رملہ”
  • Uzbek: “Ramla oq masjidi”
  • Western Mari: “Ош мечеть”

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