El Bradia Mosque ( ar, جامع البرادعية) is a small mosque in the north 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 ...
, in
Bab Souika
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Bab Souika ( ar, باب سويقة) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis.
It was demolished in 1861. Its situation was between Bab El Khadra and Bab Saadoun
Bab Saadoun ( ar, باب سعدون) is on ...
suburb.
Localization
It can be found in 1 Bab Saadoun Street.
Etymology
The mosque got its name from the
saddle
The saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is equestrian. However, specialized saddles have been created for oxen, camels and other animals. It is not k ...
makers who used to work near it.
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History
It was built in the 15th century, 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.
Plaque en marbre indiquant la mosquée Bradia مسجد البرادعية.jpg, Marble plaque with the name and address of the mosque, and a quote from the coran
La mosquée Bradia photo6 مسجد البرادعية.jpg, Dome of the mosque
References
Mosques in Tunis
15th-century mosques
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