Bab El Ksar (
Arabic
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: باب القصر) is one of the
gates
Gates is the plural of gate, a point of entry to a space which is enclosed by walls. It may also refer to:
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of the
medina of Sfax
The Sfax medina is the medina quarter of the Tunisian city of Sfax. It was built by Aghlabid prince Muhammad I Abu 'l-Abbas, Abu Abbass Muhammad between 849 and 851. The medina is home to about 113,000 residents, and is dominated by the Great Mosqu ...
, 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
The Aghlabid dynasty () was an Arab dynasty centered in Ifriqiya (roughly present-day Tunisia) from 800 to 909 that conquered parts of Sicily, Southern Italy, and possibly Sardinia, nominally as vassals of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Aghlabids ...
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 and
Bab Nahj El Bey) in order to decongest the medina and promote the exchange with the external areas.
References
Ksar
Ksar or qṣar (), in plural ksour or qsour (), is a type of fortified village in North Africa, usually found in the regions predominantly or traditionally inhabited by Berbers (Amazigh). The equivalent Berber languages, Berber term used is ' ( ...
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