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Great Mosque of Sfax
Great Mosque of Sfax
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by Fehmi bouguezzi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Great Mosque of Sfax
Great Mosque of Sfax is the first mosque built in the historic city of Sfax, Tunisia. It was built during the Aghlabid rule of Ifriqiya in 849 AD, the same year of the construction of the city wall. The mosque was specifically commissioned during the period of Imam Sahnoun, a Maliki jurist from Kairouan.
Site Information
Country: Tunisia
District: Sfax Governorate
Category: Mosques and Islamic Buildings
Site History: 9th Century AD
Oldest Culture: Islamic
Later Cultures: Islamic
Site Features: Islamic Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: Medina of Sfax
Date of Submission: 2012
Exact Location
Elevation: 5 m
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