Bab El Kasbah
Bab El Kasbah is one of the gates of the Medina of Sfax, located in the west of its walls southern facade and gives access to its kasbah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bab Gharbi and Bab Diwan.
Bab Gharbi
City gate
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Bab Gharbi or the Western Gate in Arabic is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax. It is located in middle of the western front of the medina fence, next to Cheikh Mansour Hajr Rabat. Bab Gharbi is situated 230 metres northwest of Bab El Kasbah.
Bab Diwan
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Bab Diwan or Bab Bhar is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax. It is located in the southern facade of the old city between Bab Kasbah on the western corner and Bab Borj Ennar on the east. Bab Diwan is situated 300 metres northeast of Bab El Kasbah.
Great Mosque
Mosque
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The Great Mosque of Sfax was the most important mosque in the old city of Sfax, Tunisia. It was initially built towards the mid-9th century under the rule of the Aghlabid dynasty. Great Mosque is situated 300 metres northeast of Bab El Kasbah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sfax and Sakiet Eddaïer.
Sfax
Photo: Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sfax is on the east coast of Tunisia, approximately midway on the highway between Tunis and the border with Libya.
Sakiet Eddaïer
Town
Sakiet Eddaïer is a town and commune in the Sfax Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 40,717. It is located at the entrance of National Road 1 as it enters the Sfax metropolitan area. Sakiet Eddaïer is situated 7 km north of Bab El Kasbah.
Tina
Village
Photo: El Golli Mohamed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thyna, formerly Henchir-Tina, is a town and commune in the Sfax Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 26,635. It is located on the coast about 12 km south of Sfax. Tina is situated 7 km southwest of Bab El Kasbah.
Bab El Kasbah
- Type: City gate
- Description: city gate in Sfax, Tunisia
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: La Medina, Sfax Ville, Sfax Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
34.7334° or 34° 44′ 0″ northLongitude
10.7595° or 10° 45′ 34″ eastOpen location code
8F6GPQM5+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5671145738OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateWikidata ID
Q45904131
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Bab El Kasbah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب القصبة”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باب القصبه”
- French: “Bab el Kasbah”
- French: “Bab El Kasbah”
- German: “Bab El Kasbah”
- Uzbek: “Bab al-Qasaba”
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