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Sufetula

(Sbeitla) — a fairly well preserved Roman settlement in the mid-west area of Tunisia

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Tunis

capital city of Tunisia

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Sousse

Tunisian town

35.833310.6333

Monastir

city in Tunisia

35.766710.8167

Carthage

archaeological site in Tunisia

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Sfax

Tunisian town

34.733310.7667

Kairouan

Tunisian town

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El Jem

Tunisian town

35.310.7167

Dougga

archaeological site in Tunisia

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Mahdia

Tunisian town

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we will see

Great Mosque of Kairouan

Tunisia
One of the finest Islamic buildings in North Africa and rewards closer inspection. Non Muslims are not permitted into the prayer hall, but the doors are open to allow you to view inside. Access to the main courtyard is available to all. The columns throughout the complex were taken from Carthage, the wooden ceiling from Lebanese cedar wood. In the courtyard, there are indents into the floor with varying sizes for camel or dromedary hoofs, or human feet, for washing before prayers. On the tiny platform in the middle of the courtyard, there is also four black pins on a board that tells the prayer times by the sun. Facing the prayer room, on one of the left columns is also a last black pin marking the night prayer by moonlight.