Maqam (shrine)
Ottoman period
### Ottoman period

In the [Ottoman Empire](/wiki/Ottoman_Empire "Ottoman Empire") times, maqams were constructed everywhere, and old sanctuaries were taken under restoration. New buildings were not as monumental and pompous as before, and looked quite unpretentious. In Turkish period, maqams had simple construction and almost no architectural décor.

[left\|thumb\|Maqam in Northern Palestine (C. Wilson, 1881\).Mosques](/wiki/File:Maqam_in_Samaria_Wilson.jpg "Maqam in Samaria Wilson.jpg") were uncommon in Palestinian villages until the late 19th century, but practically every village had at least one maqam which served as sites of worship in the Palestinian folk Islam popular in the countryside over the centuries. Christians and Jews also held some of the maqams to be holy, such as that of [Nabi Samwil](/wiki/Nabi_Samwil "Nabi Samwil"). In the period of Ottoman rule over Palestine, most of these sites were visited collectively by members of all three faiths who often travelled together with provisions for a multi\-day journey; by the [Mandate Palestine](/wiki/Mandate_Palestine "Mandate Palestine") period, politicization led to segregation. Some maqams, like [Nabi Rubin](/wiki/Nabi_Rubin "Nabi Rubin") and [Nabi Musa](/wiki/Nabi_Musa "Nabi Musa") among others, were also the focus of seasonal festivals (*mawsims*) that thousands would attend annually.


Did every village have at least one maqam serving as a site of worship?