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Monastir

by GIRAUD Patrick, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

by Wael Ghabara, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Monastir

Monastir is a city on the central coast of, Tunisia. It was founded on the ruins of the Punic-Roman city of Ruspina. The city features a well preserved Ribat that was used to scan the sea for hostile ships as a defence against the attacks of the Byzantine fleet. The Great Mosque of Monastir, which is located near the Ribat, is dating from the 9th century AD.