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Al-Zaytuna Mosque, also known as Ez-Zitouna Mosque, and El-Zituna Mosque (Arabic: جامع الزيتونة, literally meaning the Mosque of Olive), is a major mosque at the center of the Medina of Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia. The mosque is the oldest in the city and covers an area of 5,000 square metres (1.2 acres) with nine entrances. [1]
From the earliest years of the 8th century, Tunis was the chef-lieu of this area: it became the Arabs' naval base in the western Mediterranean, and took on considerable military importance, and with a strategic location, the city grew, and with it grew the mosques for the Muslims to pray in.
The Hammouda-Pacha mosque, built in 1655, was the second mosque of the Hanefite rite built in Tunis while the Sidi Mahrez mosque is the largest mosque of this type in the country. Built from 1692 to 1697, it is Ottoman-inspired and recalls some Istanbul mosques such as the Blue Mosque (erected between 1609 and 1616) and the Yeni Valide ...
The university originates in the Al-Zaytuna Mosque, founded at the end of the 7th century or in the early 8th century, which developed into a major Islamic centre of learning in North Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It consists of the Higher Institute of Theology and the Higher Institute of Islamic Civilisation in Tunis and a research institution, the ...
Kasbah Mosque, Tunis; El Koubba Mosque; Ksar Mosque; L. Laz Mosque; ... Al-Zaytuna Mosque This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 15:50 (UTC). Text ...
This is a list of mosques in Tunisia.According to the data by the Ministry of Religious Affairs in December 2015, there are 5,470 mosques in Tunisia as a whole, among which 4,299 are Jami Masjids which conduct Friday Prayer and 1,171 are smaller mosques. [1]
[12]: 21–41 The al-Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis, which was founded earlier around 698, owes its overall current form to the Aghlabid emir Abu Ibrahim Ahmad (r. 856–863). [ 11 ] [ 12 ] : 38 Much of Aghlabid architecture, even their mosques, had a heavy and almost fortress-like appearance, but they nonetheless left an influential artistic legacy.
Souk El Blat is located at the heart of the medina of Tunis. It can be accessed from the south from the Al-Zaytuna Mosque by walking through Souk El Kachachine, or from the Dyers Street. Souk El Blat includes several notable monuments, including: Khalwa of Sidi Abou Hassan al-Chadhili; Dar Bach Hamba