Descripción del sitio
Located at the bottom of Mount Gezarim, the Old City of Nablus is home to families at the lowest end of the economic scale. The highly dense home of 20’000 inhabitants still retains many of its authentic suq characteristics such as old-fashioned soap factories and Turkish baths. In the past, a combination of several wars and destructive earthquakes lead to the destruction of nearly the entire city. However, during the second half of the 13th century, it was renovated by the Mamluks, and ever since then, the rejuvenated city established itself as the main source of cotton, soap, and sweat pastry for the entire region of Palestine.Source: Municipality of Nablus website www.nablus.org