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The Site: Sehweil Palace
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The best feature has to be Suhweil Palace,an Arab fortress which is in good enough shape to be able to explore all of its various rooms,from the kitchen to the main hall.The stone steps leading to the upper floors can also be traversed, allowing access to the rooftop and its wonderful vistas. It’s the kind of place that, if it were in Europe,would be decked out with car park,café,gift shop and various information boards.
SehweilTower-Abwein
Abwein, a town famous for its old town consisting of 230 historic buildings, the most important of which are Sahweil Castle. It is an modern castle in terms of size and shape, and a typical castle with its almost square layout, two floors, and the canals surrounding the main square.This castle was the center of governance for the region during the Ottoman rule.
Building Ownership
The owner of SehweilTower is Sehweil family
Sehweil tower was built nearlyin 1700s So we talk about around 300 years
Building Use
● At the beginning it was built for the feudal lord Al-Sheikh Sehweil to collect taxes from the villagers in the ottoman era,also! Some parts was used as a court amd execution chambers.
● After the ottoman era it was abandoned and subversive.
● Then Riwaq started a restoration for the tower but its still deserted.
It contains imposing gates,vestibules,iwans,oil wells,and a wide courtyard.The area of its buildings with the surrounding land is three dunums.
Shots for Sehweil tower from The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
