- Great Mosque of Sfax
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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.
The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Medina of Sfax.by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commonsby Fehmi bouguezzi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commonsby Fehmi bouguezzi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 5 m
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UNESCO Tentative List
Date of Submission
2012
9th Century AD
Islamic
Islamic
Islamic Monuments
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