Carpet Museum
Carpet Museum is a museum in Kairouan, Tunisia. Carpet Museum is situated nearby to the city gate Bab ech Chouhada, as well as near the town hall بلدية القيروان.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bab ech Chouhada and Al Bey Mosque.
Bab ech Chouhada
City gate
Al Bey Mosque
Mosque
Photo: IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Al Bey Mosque is a mosque located in the medina of Kairouan, Tunisia. Built around 1094 AH, it was constructed by Muradid bey Mohamed Bey for the Hanafi community of Kairouan during a conflict with his brother Ali Bey. Al Bey Mosque is situated 430 metres north of Carpet Museum.
Mosque of the Three Doors
Mosque
Photo: IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Mosque of the Three Doors is situated 620 metres northeast of Carpet Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kairouan.
Kairouan
Photo: Ed Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Carpet Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Kairouan, Tunisia
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Kairouan, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.67253° or 35° 40′ 21″ northLongitude
10.09918° or 10° 5′ 57″ eastOpen location code
8F7GM3FX+2MOpenStreetMap ID
way 94481603OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q95488757
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Carpet Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف الزربية”
- Arabic: “متحف السجاد بالقيروان”
- French: “musée du tapis de Kairouan”
- French: “Musée du tapis”
- French: “Musée du Tapis”
- Swedish: “Matt- och konsthantverksmuseet i Kairouan”
- Swedish: “Matt- och konsthantverksmuseet”
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