Hammam Remimi Mosque ( ar, جامع حمام الرميمي) is a Tunisian
Masjid in the Halfaouine hood 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 ...
.
History
According to the commemorative plaque at the entrance, it was built in 1781 during the
Husainid era.
Etymology
The mosque got its name from a
hammam
A hammam ( ar, حمّام, translit=ḥammām, tr, hamam) or Turkish bath is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the Islamic culture, culture of the Muslim world and ...
near to it that was founded in 1245 by Mohamed Remimi ( ar, محمد الرميمي ) who came from
Almería
Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city g ...
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.
Localization
It can be found in the Hammam Remimi Street, between two gates of the medina:
Bab Souika
, demolition_date=1861, coordinates=
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 ...
and
Bab El Khadra.
[Hatem Bourial, « Dans la médina de Tunis, le mystère de la rue Hammam Remimi » rchive sur webdo.tn, 28 novembre 2016 (consulté le 15 décembre 2016)]
Mosquée hammam El Rmimi photo 1 مسجد حمام الرميمى.jpg, Commemorative plaque of the mosque
Mosquée hammam El Rmimi photo 2 مسجد حمام الرميمى.jpg, Entrance of the mosque
Mosquée hammam El Rmimi photo 4 مسجد حمام الرميمى.jpg, Minaret of the mosque
References
Mosques in Tunis
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