Kasbah Mosque

Kasbah Mosque is a in the , Tunisia. It stands in the Kasbah district of the historic . 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.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Tunisia
  • Also known as: “Kasba Camii” and “Kasbah Mosque, Tunis”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kasbah Square and Aziza Othmana Hospital.

Square
Photo: E.Selmaj, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hospital
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is situated 110 metres east of Kasbah Mosque.

Mosque
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, also known as Al B'chamqiya, is a 17th-century in , , located in area of the city. The mosque is considered significant as it was the first Ottoman mosque to be built in Tunis. is situated 180 metres east of Kasbah Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medina of Tunis and Montfleury.

Suburb
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The is the medina quarter of , the capital of . It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, , mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from various periods.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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is the capital of . There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of , which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too.

Kasbah Mosque

Latitude
36.79678° or 36° 47′ 48″ north
Longitude
10.16759° or 10° 10′ 3″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 95130022
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q3324927
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Satellite Map

Discover Kasbah Mosque from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kasbah Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع القصبة”
  • Arabic: “جامع الموحدين”
  • Bengali: “কসবাহ মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع القصبه”
  • French: “Mosquée de la Casba”
  • French: “mosquée de la Kasbah”
  • French: “Mosquée de la Kasbah”
  • Italian: “moschea della Kasbah”
  • Italian: “Moschea della Kasbah”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Kasbah”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Касбы”
  • Turkish: “Kasba Camii”
  • Turkish: “Kasbah Camii”
  • Urdu: “جامع قصبہ (تونس)”
  • Urdu: “جامع قصبہ”

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Highlights include جامع القصبة and Tourba of Mohammad Laz.

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