A local vendor -- one of many.
Colonnades
The central courtyard.
An open well.
The Three-tiered Minaret
Doors
The entrance to the Prayer Hall
The Prayer Hall interior with the mihrab and minbar in the background.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Tunisia Trip -- Part Forty One
And here we are in Kairouan, the fourth most holy city in Islam, at the entrance to the Great Mosque of Uqba. Dating from 670 AD it is the oldest place of worship in the western Islamic world.
A local vendor -- one of many.
Colonnades
The central courtyard.
An open well.
The Three-tiered Minaret
Doors
The entrance to the Prayer Hall
The Prayer Hall interior with the mihrab and minbar in the background.
A local vendor -- one of many.
Colonnades
The central courtyard.
An open well.
The Three-tiered Minaret
Doors
The entrance to the Prayer Hall
The Prayer Hall interior with the mihrab and minbar in the background.
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