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Borj El Ksar
Borj El Ksar ( Arabic: برج القصر) is one of the fortifications of the medina of Sfax. Location The monument is located in the north-west corner of the medina, the other angles being occupied by the kasbah, Borj Ennar and Borj Masouda. It can be reached through to Bab El Ksar. Feskiet El Fendri is located near to the borj.{{Cite web, url=https://www.histoiredesfax.com/201511-%d9%81%d8%b3%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%b5%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b3-%d8%a8%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%b1/, title=فسقية الفندري ببرج القصر, website=تاريخ صفاقس, language=ar, access-date=2019-03-10 History Historians suggest that it was built between the 11th and 12th centuries. The presence of arches very similar to those of the Great Mosque A congregational mosque or Friday mosque (, ''masjid jāmi‘'', or simply: , ''jāmi‘''; ), or sometimes great mosque or grand mosque (, ''jāmi‘ kabir''; ), is a mosque for hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is the language of literature, official documents, and formal writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortification
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its ' cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medina Of Sfax
The Sfax medina is the medina quarter of the Tunisian city of Sfax. It was built by Aghlabid prince Abu Abbass Muhammad between 849 and 851. The medina is home to about 113,000 residents, and is dominated by the Great Mosque of Sfax. On 12 February 2012, the Tunisian government submitted a demand to add it on the UNESCO UNESCO World Heritage List. It is considered one of the rare medieval cities of North Africa to keep its original weft even with all the modifications of its buildings throughout the decades. It represents also the best example of the most conserved Arab-Muslim town planning in all the Mediterranean Basin. Its monuments are classified as national historical monuments since 1912. History Historic sources talk about the existence of a Roman city around the zone in which Sfax now exists called Taparura. The absence of tremendous monuments that used to distinguish Roman cities made it possible to think that either Sfax was built completely above Taparura, or t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasbah Of Sfax
Kasbah of Sfax is a kasbah, an Islamic desert fortress, located in the southwestern corner of the ancient city of Sfax. It was used for a different purposes throughout the history, first a control tower built by the Aghlabids on the coast, then the seat of the municipal government, and then the main army barracks. Its construction was preceded by the deployment of the wall and the medina quarter. Today it serves as a museum of traditional architecture. History Establishment The kasbah was established as a part of a coastal surveillance and security campaign carried out by the Aghlabid state's main troops, which gained independence and proceeded to conquer Ifriqiya in the early 9th century. They were in control of a series of 10 observation towers along the coast of Sfax. Among these newly constructed towers was the kasbah, built as the watchtower of Sfax, on top of an ancient palace in the south of Mahares they inherited from previous civilizations that ruled the region. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borj Ennar
Borj Ennar (Arabic:برج النار) is one of the fortifications of the medina of Sfax. Localisation The fort is located in the southeast corner of the medina, close to Bab Diwan and Bab Borj Ennar Bab Borj Ennar (Arabic: باب برج النار) is one of the gates of the Medina of Sfax, located in the east of the southern facade of the medina's fence. It gives access to Borj Ennar, a fortified defensive device located in the south-easte .... It is in continuity with the walls and allows a full supervision to all the coastal facade of the medina as well as part of its eastern one.{{Cite book, title=The city of Sfax: monumental archeology and urban evolution research, last=Mahfoudh, first=Faouzi, publisher=Paris-Sorbonne University, year=1988, isbn=, location=Paris, pages=92–95 History According to historians, Borj Ennar was built at the same time as the foundation of the medina. Originally? Its main role was to monitor the interior of the medina and its surrounding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borj Masouda
Borj Masouda (arabic : برج مسعودة) or Borj Lella Masouda Essamra (برج للا مسعودة السمراء) is one of the main four fortifications of the medina of Sfax. Location and etymology The fort is located at the northeast corner of the medina, near Bab Charki. It owes its name to Masouda Essamra, a black woman who sheltered the fort and who dedicated her life to the service of the black community of Sfax.{{Cite web, url=http://zaherkammoun.com/2018/05/18/sfax-esclavage/, title=تاريخ ذوي البشرة السمراء في صفاقس, date=2018-05-18, website=Zaher Kammoun, language=fr-FR, access-date=2019-03-10 History According to Mahmoud Megdiche, the fort takes its name from a black woman who lived in Sfax and who dedicated her life to helping the inhabitants of the city and the protection of the fort. It is very difficult to specify the date of its construction, but it appears in the Louis Salvador illustrations of Habsburg-Lorraine in 1789. In ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bab El Ksar
Bab El Ksar ( arabic: باب القصر) is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax, located in the west of the northern face of the fence and giving access to Borj El Ksar, a defensive device occupying the north-west corner of the enclosure of the medina. Knowing that the topography of this site is slightly uneven, we reach this opening through a staircase that leads to the bus station of Bab Jebli and Faskiet El Fendri, a water cistern of Aghlabid origins next to the wall of Borj El Ksar. This door is part of series of openings that were done at the beginning of the 20th century (with Bab Jebli Jedid Bab Jebli Jedid ( arabic : باب الجبلي الجديد), also known as Bab Jallouli ( arabic : باب الجلولي) is one of the gates of the Medina of Sfax located in the center of the northern facade of its walls, between Bab Jebli and ... and Bab Nahj El Bey) in order to decongest the medina and promote the exchange with the external areas. File:Bab El Ksar (3) - Sfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Mosque Of Sfax
The Great Mosque of Sfax ( ar, الجامع الكبير بصفاقس) is the first mosque established in the historic city of Sfax, Tunisia. It dates back to the same year of the construction of the city wall which is in 849. It was built during the Aghlabid rule of Ifriqiya in the 9th-century which served as a vassal state of the Abbasid Caliphate. The mosque was specifically commissioned during the period of Imam Sahnoun, a Maliki jurist from Kairouan. Location The mosque is located in the center of the ancient city of Sfax and occupies the very center of it, which made the layout of the city of Sfax very similar to the planning of Kufa, one of the first Islamic cities. Since its construction, it has been surrounded by the most important production centers and markets in the city, and continues to maintain its economic value to this day. History With the change of the rulers and situation in the city of Sfax, the grand mosque had undergone many transformations. Establishme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fondouk El Haddadine
Fondouk El Haddadine (arabic : فندق الحدادين) or the blacksmiths'fondouk, is an old fondouk (or hotel) in the medina of Sfax located near Bab Jebli. It represents one of its most important monuments. Localization The fondouk is located in Souk El Haddadine (Sfax), Souk El Haddadine, from which it drew its name, near Bab Jebli and the former caravan resort of which it represents the unique remaining witness. It shows the importance of the city of Sfax during the medieval period as a station or relay for caravans and traders. History The fondouk El Haddadine was built in the 9th century, under the rule of the Hafsid dynasty. It witnessed a first restoration during the 18th century. For centuries, this fondouk hosted travelers, their goods and animals. At the beginning of the 20th century, with the development of maritime trade and means of transport in Sfax, the caravan trade was affected. And as a way to overcome the situation, the rooms of the fondouk were transfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
