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Great Mosque of Kairouan
جامع عقبة بن نافع
Founded by Uqba ibn Nafi in 670 and rebuilt by the Aghlabids in the 9th century in its present form, it has a vast paved courtyard, a three-tiered square minaret, a prayer hall on hundreds of columns and a mihrab faced with 9th-century tiles. It is about an hour from Sousse.
Photo: Monaam Ben Fredj (CC BY-SA 4.0)