Architecture Al-Zaytuna Mosque





floor plan


ez-zituna mosque followed design , architecture of previous mosques, mosque of uqba, , inspiration later mosques such great mosque of cordoba. courtyard accessible via 9 lateral doorways , forms rectangle surrounded galleries supported columns made variously of marble, granite or porphyry , taken ancient monuments (primarily carthage), in prayer hall. square minaret rises northwest corner of courtyard. built in 1894, minaret 43 meters (141 ft) high , imitates decoration of almohad minaret of kasbah mosque limestone strap-work on background of ochre sandstone.


presidents bourguiba , ben ali carried out major restoration work , rehabilitation, during 1960s , 1990s. dome added zirids around 991.








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