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.

Carpet Museum

Museum

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kairouan.

Kairouan

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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.

El Menchia

Type: Locality
Location: Kairouan, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

35.67959° or 35° 40′ 47″ north

Longitude

10.08182° or 10° 4′ 55″ east

Elevation

63 metres (207 feet)

Open location code

8F7GM3HJ+RP

GeoNames ID

12187179

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French: “El Menchia”

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