Heritage / Kairouan
Great Mosque of Kairouan
MonumentKairouan
Kairouan, Kairouan
The mosque of Uqba ibn Nafi, founded in 670 and given its present form under the Aghlabid emir Ziyadat Allah I in 836-841. It is the oldest mosque in the Maghreb and served as the model for later North African and Andalusian mosques.
Good to know
- Hours
- Summer 07:30-14:00; winter 08:00-14:00; Ramadan 08:00-14:00
- Ticket
- Resident free; non-resident 12 TND (grouped ticket for Kairouan sites)
- Notes
- Friday until 12:00
- Conveniences
- Toilets
Getting there
35.6814N 10.1043E
Photographs
Sources
Photos: Habib M'henni (CC BY-SA 3.0), Adel Hedhili (CC BY-SA 3.0)