{"id":14645,"date":"2011-08-29T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T07:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=14645"},"modified":"2011-09-15T14:08:27","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T21:08:27","slug":"mosques-and-minarets-n-tunis-tunisia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/14645","title":{"rendered":"Mosques and Minarets in Tunis, Tunisia"},"content":{"rendered":"

I arrived in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia during Ramadan, the Islamic month for fasting .\u00a0 During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, and smoking during daylight hours .\u00a0 In Tunis, mosques are as common as Roman Catholic churches are in Rome .\u00a0 While not permitted to enter the mosques, I was able to take pictures of the minarets of several of mosques, including Al-Zaytuna, Kasbah, Hammouda Pacha, and Youssef Dey, all located in the Medina area of Tunis.<\/p>\n

Al-Zaytuna is the oldest mosque in Tunis, built\u00c2\u00a0before or during\u00c2\u00a0the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 AD) .\u00a0 The minaret was built in 1894 and is similar to that of the Kasbah Mosque .\u00a0 The Kasbah Mosque itself was built in 1230 AD, during the Almohad Caliphate (1121-1269 AD) .\u00a0 The Hammouda Pacha Mosque was built in 1655 AD and the Youssef Dey Mosque was built in 1631 AD, both during the rule of the Ottoman Empire (1299-1923 AD).<\/p>\n

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Minaret of Al-Zaytuna Mosque<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Minaret of Al-Zaytuna Mosque (Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 07 August 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Minaret<\/a><\/p>\n

Minaret of Kasbah Mosque<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Minaret of\u00c2\u00a0Kasbah Mosque (Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 07 August 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Minaret<\/a><\/p>\n

Minaret of Hammouda Pacha Mosque<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Minaret of\u00c2\u00a0Hammouda Pacha\u00c2\u00a0Mosque (Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 07 August 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Minaret<\/a><\/p>\n

Minaret of Youssef Dey Mosque<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Minaret of\u00c2\u00a0Youssef Dey\u00c2\u00a0Mosque (Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 07 August 2011.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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