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Interior view of the hypostyle prayer hall in the Mosque of Uqba (Great Mosque of Kairouan) The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Arabic: جامع القيروان الأكبر), also known as the Mosque of Uqba (جامع عقبة بن نافع), is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan, Tunisia and is one of the largest Islamic monuments in North Africa.
English: Three-dimensional views of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia. From left to right: zoom on the south wall (seen from the outside), global view of the mosque, zoom on the minaret seen from the court.
Plan_grande_mosquee_kairouan.jpg: Collection personnelle de Bertrand Bouret / *derivative work: Habib M'henni This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape . This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version.
This mosque, also called the Mosque of Uqba, extends over an area of about 9,000 square meters. Founded in 670 AD by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi, it dates, in its present form, from the 9th century. Besides the fact of being the oldest mosque in the Muslim West, the Great Mosque of Kairouan is a remarkable example of North African Islamic ...
The city's main landmark is the Great Mosque of Sidi-Uqba (also known as the Great Mosque of Kairouan) which is one of the most impressive and largest Islamic monuments in North Africa. Originally built when Kairouan was founded in 670 AD, the mosque currently occupies an area of over 9,000 square metres (97,000 sq ft) and is one of the oldest ...
The Mosque of the Three Doors (Arabic: مسجد الأبواب الثلاثة; French: Mosquée des Trois Portes) or Mosque of Muhammad ibn Khairun (Arabic: مسجد ابن خيرون) is a mosque In the city of Kairouan, Tunisia. Commissioned in 866, during the Aghlabid dynasty period, by Muhammad ibn Khairun, a private local patron. The ...
View of the minaret of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in the old city. This is a list of mosques in Kairouan, Tunisia. List. Great Mosque of Kairouan;
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 19:14, 10 March 2016: 3,000 × 2,624 (1.59 MB): Passionné d'architecture {{Information |Description ={{en|1=Luster tile, dating from the 9th century, of the mihrab in the Great Mosque of Kairouan, in Tunisia.}} {{fr|1=Carreau de céramique lustrée, datant du IXe siècle, ornant le mihrab de la Grande Mosquée de Kairoua...