Kasbah Mosque, Tunis
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Kasbah Mosque is a mosque in the Tunis, Tunisia. It stands in the Kasbah district of the historic medina of Tunis. It was built between 1230 and 1233 on the orders of the first Hafsid ruler, Abu Zakar
Tunis Mosqué Kasbah
Front of the mosque, with an arcade or portico along its façade (right)
View of the minaret
Sebka motif on one of the façades of the minaret
Hafsid architecture
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Hafsid architecture developed under the patronage of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya during the 13th to 16th centuries. Evolving from earlier Almohad and Ifriqiyan traditions, it was later influenced f
Kasbah Mosque, Tunis
…common in more western regions of North Africa but the muqarnas dome of this mosque is almost unique in Ifriqiya (Tunisia) and was unparalleled in other Hafsid architecture. The design of the minaret is directly inherited from Almohad architecture further west. In particular, it resembles the design of the minaret of the…
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