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The 10 Best Sacred & Religious Sites in Tunis, Tunis Governorate
Founded by the Berbers in the 2nd millennium BCE, the city of Tunis has been controlled by Phoenicians, Romans, Arab Muslims, the Ottomans, the Spanish, the French and the Germans, finally achieving independence as the capital of Tunisia in 1956. This history has made Tunis a mélange of ancient and modern cultures. The medina is a network of narrow alleyways, mosques, mausoleums, palaces and a souq where shoppers haggle over the price of everything from filigreed gold to inexpensive souvenirs.
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1. Zitouna Mosque
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4.0 based on 379 reviews
This mosque dates back to around 860.
Reviewed By yns_10 - Sydney, Australia
This is the oldest mosque (foundation dates back to 732AD) in Tunis and is enormous consisting of the prayer room, courtyard, galleries, university, ancillary rooms and outbuildings. As non-muslims, we could not enter but did get good views from the rooftop terraces of a few shops.
2. Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul
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4.0 based on 331 reviews
Reviewed By Joe_AR1087 - Chicago, United States
Wonderful cathedral in which I had the chance to go in and see. They had mass which of course is in French and to get in there is security to make sure you don’t have weapons which I assume to protect from extreme terrorists who don’t like non Muslims. Definitely check it out and it shows some history in there.
3. Mosque of Sidi Mehres
4. Greek Orthodox Church
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
5. Mosque Sidi Youssef
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4.0 based on 55 reviews
Reviewed By yns_10 - Sydney, Australia
This was the first Ottoman style mosque built in Tunisia and its lovely octagonal minaret with the green tiles makes it a good orientation point in the medina. The mosque is open to muslims.
6. Mosque Kasbah
7. Eglise Reformee de Tunis
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3.0 based on 2 reviews
8. Mosque Al Ksa
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
