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Qasr al-Basha

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Pasha's Palace Museum (Qasr al Basha), Gaza City
Pasha's Palace Museum (Qasr al Basha), Gaza City

Qasr al-Basha (Arabic: قصر الباشا), also known as Pasha's Palace Museum, Radwan Castle, and Napoleon's Fort, is a historical palace situated in the Old City of Gaza, now housing a museum and a girls' school. It served as a seat of power in the Mamluk and Ottoman periods and as a police station under the British Mandate.

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Qasr al-Basha
Al-Wehda, Gaza Gaza Old City

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Al-Wehda
888 Gaza, Gaza Old City
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Pasha's Palace Museum (Qasr al Basha), Gaza City
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