El Borj Mosque or Mosque of the tower ( ar, جامع البرج), also known as Sidi Yahia Mosque ( ar, جامع سيدي يحيى) is a

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n mosque in the northern suburb of the

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

Localization

It is located in 1 Hedi Saidi Street near Bab Laassal, one the

's gates.

Etymology

The mosque got its name from a tour that is near to it and has the name of the saint Sidi Yahia El Slimani El Yamani.

History

According to the commemorative plaque at the entrance, it was built with a

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

during the

Hafsid The Hafsids ( ar, الحفصيون ) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (University Press of America, 1999), 84. who ruled Ifriqiya (western ...

era in the 14th century. It was restored between 1973 and 1974. Plaque commémorative de la mosquée El Borj جامع البرج.jpg, Commemorative plaque of the mosque Porte principale de la mosquée El Borj جامع البرج.jpg, Main entrance Porte périphérique de la mosquée El Borj جامع البرج.jpg, Side door Minaret de la mosquée El Borj جامع البرج.jpg, Minaret of the mosque

References

Mosques in Tunis 14th-century mosques {{Tunisia-mosque-stub