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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.
    UNESCO Tentative List
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    Great Mosque of Sfax


    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2012

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    9th Century AD


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    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments


     

     

     

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