Editing Gaza City (section)

=== Old City ===
{{main|Old City of Gaza}}
The Old City forms the main part of Gaza's nucleus. It is roughly divided into two quarters; the northern [[al-Daraj|Daraj Quarter]] (also known as the Muslim Quarter) and the southern [[al-Zaytun|Zaytun Quarter]] (which contained the Jewish and Christian quarters.) Most structures date from the Mamluk and Ottoman eras, and some were built on top of earlier structures. The ancient part of the Old City is about {{convert|1.6|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name="Abu-Lughod" />

There were seven historic gates to the Old City: Bab Asqalan (Gate of Ascalon), Bab al-Darum (Gate of Deir al-Balah), Bab al-Bahr (Gate of the Sea), Bab Marnas (Gate of Marnas), Bab al-Baladiyah (Gate of the Town), Bab al-Khalil (Gate of Hebron), and Bab al-Muntar (Gate of Tell al-Muntar).<ref>Pringle, 1993, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA209 209]</ref>

Some of the older buildings in Gaza's Old City use the ''[[ablaq]]'' style of decoration which features alternating layers of red and white masonry, prevalent in the Mamluk era. Daraj contains the [[Gold Market|Gold (Qissariya) Market]] as well as the [[Great Mosque of Gaza]] (oldest mosque in Gaza)<ref name="Sheehan">Sheehan, 2000, p. 429.</ref> and the [[Sayed al-Hashim Mosque]].<ref name="Sharon31">Sharon, 2009, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=P2LtyFVNJmcC&pg=PA31 31]</ref> In Zaytun lies the [[Saint Porphryrius Church]], the [[Katib al-Wilaya Mosque]], and [[Hamam as-Sammara]] ("the Samaritan's Bathhouse.")<ref name="TWP">{{cite web |url=http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=1985&ed=134&edid=134 |title=Hammat al-Sammara/Hammam es-Samara/Sammara Public Baths |first=Laila |last=El-Haddad |author-link=Laila el-Haddad |date=December 2006 |work=This Week in Palestine |access-date=2009-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907170107/http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=1985&ed=134&edid=134 |archive-date=2011-09-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>