Ben Hmida Mosque
Ben Hmida Mosque | |
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جامع بن حميدة | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Location | |
Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
Shown within Tunisia | |
Geographic coordinates | 36°48′21″N 10°09′45″E / 36.805760277778°N 10.162426666667°ECoordinates: 36°48′21″N 10°09′45″E / 36.805760277778°N 10.162426666667°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Ben Hmida Mosque (Arabic: جامع بن حميدة), is a Tunisian mosque located in the north of the medina of Tunis, in Bab Souika suburb.
Location[]
The mosque is located in 2 El Halib dead-end or the milk "dead-end", near Bab Lakouas, one of the medina's gates that disappeared.[1]
History[]
According to the commemorative plaque at the entrance of the mosque, it was built in 1009, during the era of the zirid dynasty that ruled the Maghreb between 972 and 1014.[2]
References[]
Categories:
- Berber architecture
- Mosques in Tunis
- 19th-century mosques
- African mosque stubs
- Tunisian building and structure stubs