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Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan or the Mosque of Uqba is a historical mosque located in the historic town of Kairouan, Tunisia. It was built by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi in 670 AD and it is one of the oldest places of worship in the Islamic world, as well as a model for all later mosques in the Maghreb. Under the Aghlabids in the 9th century AD, huge works gave the mosque its present aspect. The Mosque of Uqba was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 as part of Kairouan.
The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Kairouan.by Marek Szarejko, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commonsby Andrew Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commonsby Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 61 m
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World Heritage Site
Date of Inscription
1988
7th Century AD
Islamic
Islamic
Islamic Monuments
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