Bab Jedid
Bab Jedid is a city gate in Al Ansar, Kairouan Nord. Bab Jedid is situated nearby to Mosque of the Three Doors, as well as near the city gate Bab ech Chouhada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mosque of the Three Doors and Al Bey Mosque.
Mosque of the Three Doors
Mosque
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The Mosque of the Three Doors or Mosque of Muhammad ibn Khairun or is a mosque located in the city of Kairouan, Tunisia. Commissioned in 866 during the Aghlabid era by Muhammad ibn Khairun, a private local patron, the mosque is notable for being one of the earliest occurrences of a richly decorated external façade in Islamic architecture. Mosque of the Three Doors is situated 170 metres north of Bab Jedid.
Al Bey Mosque
Mosque
Photo: IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Al Bey Mosque is a mosque located in the medina of Kairouan, Tunisia. Built around 1094 AH, it was constructed by Muradid bey Mohamed Bey for the Hanafi community of Kairouan during a conflict with his brother Ali Bey. Al Bey Mosque is situated 230 metres west of Bab Jedid.
Bab ech Chouhada
City gate
Bab ech Chouhada is a city gate, which is situated 210 metres southwest of Bab Jedid.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kairouan.
Kairouan
Photo: Ed Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kairouan, sometimes spelled Kairwan, Kayrawan or Al Qayrawan, is a city in Tunisia. It's a holy city in Islam, ranking fourth after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem as a place of pilgrimage.
Bab Jedid
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “Bab Djedid”
- Categories: tourism, city gate, and historic site
- Location: Al Ansar, Kairouan Nord, Kairouan, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.67584° or 35° 40′ 33″ northLongitude
10.10293° or 10° 6′ 11″ eastElevation
69 metres (226 feet)Open location code
8F7GM4G3+85OpenStreetMap ID
node 5670813995OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
2592648
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