North Africa
Tunisia
Tunis Governorate

Youssef Dey Mosque

Youssef Dey Mosque, also known as Al B'chamqiya, is a 17th-century in , , located in area of the city. The mosque is considered significant as it was the first Ottoman mosque to be built in Tunis.
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Photo: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Tunisia
  • Also known as: “Jāmi‘ Yūsuf Dāy”, “Mosque”, and “Mosquee Youssef Dey”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aziza Othmana Hospital and Hammouda Pacha Mosque.

Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hammouda Bay Mosque or Hamouda Bay al Mouradi is a in , . It is an official historical monument. is situated 160 metres northeast of Youssef Dey Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Sami Mlouhi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Hentati is a small in the west of the , in souk El Leffa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medina of Tunis and Montfleury.

Suburb
Photo: Raspail, Public domain.
The is the medina quarter of , the capital of . It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, , mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from various periods.

Suburb
Photo: DrFO.Jr.Tn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is the capital of . There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of , which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too.

Youssef Dey Mosque

Latitude
36.79701° or 36° 47′ 49″ north
Longitude
10.16958° or 10° 10′ 11″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Inception
1616
Open location code
8F8GQ5W9+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 95130052
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Geo­Names ID
12018621
Wiki­data ID
Q3324887
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Youssef Dey Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع يوسف داي”
  • Bengali: “আল বিচামকিয়া”
  • Bengali: “ইউসুফ দে মসজিদ”
  • Bengali: “ইউসেফ দেই মসজিদ”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita de Sidi Youssef”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita de Yussef Dey”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع يوسف داى”
  • French: “mosquée Sidi Youssef”
  • French: “mosquée Youssef Dey”
  • French: “Mosquée Youssef Dey”
  • Fulah: “Youssef Dey Mosque”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Youssef Dey”
  • Turkish: “Yusuf Dayı Camii”
  • Urdu: “یوسف دای مسجد”
  • Western Panjabi: “یوسف دای مسجد”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Youssef Dey Mosque”. Photo: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0.