Raqqada

Raqqāda is the site of the second capital of the 9th-century dynasty of Aghlabids, located about ten kilometers southwest of , . The site now houses the National Museum of Islamic Art.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: 9th-century capital of the Aghlabid Emirate, near present-day Kairouan, Tunisia
  • Also known as: “Rakada Palace”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kairouan.

Photo: Ed Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, sometimes spelled Kairwan, Kayrawan or Al Qayrawan, is a city in . It's a holy city in Islam, ranking fourth after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem as a place of pilgrimage.

Raqqada

Latitude
35.59309° or 35° 35′ 35″ north
Longitude
10.05306° or 10° 3′ 11″ east
Open location code
8F7GH3V3+66
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2902045924
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q3107354
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Raqqada” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رقادة”
  • Arabic: “رقاده”
  • Armenian: “Ռակադա”
  • Catalan: “Rakkada”
  • Catalan: “Raqqada”
  • Chinese: “拉卡达”
  • Chinese: “拉卡達”
  • Dutch: “Raqqada”
  • Esperanto: “Rakkada”
  • French: “Raqqada”
  • German: “Raqqada”
  • Hebrew: “רקאדה”
  • Indonesian: “Raqqada”
  • Italian: “Raqqada”
  • Japanese: “ラッカーダ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Raqqada”
  • Norwegian: “Raqqada”
  • Portuguese: “Racada”
  • Portuguese: “Raqqada”
  • Russian: “Раккада”
  • Spanish: “Raqqada”
  • Swahili: “Raqqada”
  • Turkish: “Rakkada”
  • Urdu: “رقادہ”
  • Uzbek: “Raqqada”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rakada Palace Museum and ISET Kairouan.

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