Local mosque · 2003

Ksar Mosque

  • Tunis, Tunisia
Ksar Mosque
1 photos & drawings
Completed
12th century
Country
Tunisia
City
Tunis

Overview

About the mosque

The mosque has undergone extensive construction and repair. The tower was restored in 1647/48, and its eastern face is embellished with large bows and horseshoes in the Fatimid style. The minaret is ornamented with marble and terra cotta that has been painted in a Moorish style.

A door beneath a covered walkway that leads to a courtyard elevated above the prayer hall is the entrance to the mosque. Turkish Prayer Hall, which is capped by arches supported by ancient columns and capitals, has a portico surrounding it that has columns and capitals. The mihrab, which is enormous and semicircular in shape with seven niches divided by pilasterstowards the back of the hall, is topped by a fluted half-dome in the Fatimid style.

Background

History

It was constructed in the early 12th century and is situated in front of Dar Hussein (Bab Menara). It was a royal mosque that was most likely constructed under Ahmed Ibn Kourassane's rule (1100–1128).

It was joined to the Hanafi by the Turkish conquerors in or about 1598.

Where

Location

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References

  1. 01en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksar_Mosqueen.wikipedia.org

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