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Great Mosque of Kairouan

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Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Phone:
+216 76 489 133

Address:
Rue De La Kasbah, Kairouan 3100, Tunisia

The Great Mosque of Kairouan , also known as the Mosque of Uqba , is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan, Tunisia. Established by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi in 670 AD at the founding of the city of Kairouan, the mosque is spread over a surface area of 9,000 square metres 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. The Great Mosque of Kairouan is one of the most impressive and largest Islamic monuments in North Africa; its perimeter is almost equal to 405 metres . This space contains a hypostyle prayer hall, a marble-paved courtyard and a square minaret. In addition to its spiritual prestige, the Mosque of Uqba is one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture, notable among other things for the first Islamic use of the horseshoe arch. Under the Aghlabids , huge works gave the mosque its present aspect. The fame of the Mosque of Uqba and of the other holy sites at Kairouan helped the city to develop and repopulate increasingly. The university, consisting of scholars who taught in the mosque, was a centre of education both in Islamic thought and in the secular sciences. Its role can be compared to that of the University of Paris in the Middle Ages. With the decline of the city of Kairouan from the mid-11th century, the centre of intellectual thought moved to the University of Ez-Zitouna in Tunis.
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