Kasbah Square
Kasbah Square is a square in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia. Kasbah Square is situated nearby to Kasbah Mosque, as well as near the town hall Tunis City Hall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: E.Selmaj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Tunis, Tunisia
- Also known as: “Place de la Kassba” and “Sāḩat al Qaşbah”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kasbah Mosque and National Library of Tunisia.
Kasbah Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Rais67, Public domain.
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 Zakariya Yahya, to serve as the main Friday mosque of the Kasbah.
National Library of Tunisia
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Library of Tunisia is the legal deposit and copyright library for Tunisia. It was founded in 1885, then known as the French Library, and then the People's library. National Library of Tunisia is situated 370 metres northwest of Kasbah Square.
Tunis City Hall
Town hall
Photo: David Weekly, CC BY 2.0.
Tunis City Hall is a town hall, which is situated 180 metres west of Kasbah Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medina of Tunis and Montfleury.
Medina of Tunis
Suburb
Photo: Raspail, Public domain.
The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from various periods.
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of Tunisia. There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of Carthage, which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too.
Kasbah Square
- Categories: monument, pedestrian zone, and locality
- Location: Tunis Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.79755° or 36° 47′ 51″ northLongitude
10.16705° or 10° 10′ 1″ eastElevation
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
8F8GQ5X8+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 95130066OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianOpenStreetMap feature
place=squareGeoNames ID
12020720Wikidata ID
Q16128057
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Kasbah Square” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساحة القصبة”
- French: “place de la Kasbah”
- French: “Place de la Kasbah”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kasbah Square”
- Hausa: “Muraba’in Kasbah”
- Korean: “카스바 광장”
- Spanish: “Plaza de la Kasbah”
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