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  • El Mehrass Mosque

  • El Mehrass Mosque

    El Mehrass Mosque is a historical mosque of the old city of Tunis, Tunisia. The mosque was built during the era of Khurasanid dynasty, which ruled Tunis between 1059 and 1158 AD. The mosque was restored after the independence of Tunisia. The El Mehrass Mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 as part of Medina of Tunis.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Medina of Tunis.
    World Heritage Site
    El Mehrass Mosque
    by Sami Mlouhi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    El Mehrass Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Tunisia

    Tunis

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    11th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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