Great Mosque of Kairouan Review

Cultural capital on the road to Tozel in the desert oasis - Kerouan. Agrabit reservoir, the tomb of the saint Sidi Sahab, the Grand Mosque of Kerouan. Love the beautiful splicing mosaics, all imported from Italy during the ancient Roman period.

The mosques in the city of Kairouan are scattered, the most famous of which is the Oqba Mosque in the northeast of the city, known locally as the "Grand Mosque". Kairouan, which has the oldest and largest mosque in North Africa, is also known as Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. Because of time, we didn't enter, but from the outside, the mosque was very grand and covered a large area, and I basically walked around the outside.

In 670 AD, Arab military general Ogbe Ibn Nafir led the army to conquer North Africa, built the city of Kairouan, and built the first Ogbe halal temple in North Africa. The basement of the mosque is a bathroom for Muslims to bathe before prayer. The minaret of the mosque is not high, the courtyard is not small, showing a simple temperament.

The mosque in the ancient city of Tunisia is worth a visit.

North Africa's oldest and largest mosque, it is one of the world's four largest mosques, which are synonymous with Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. Tunisian Muslims believe that seven times to the pilgrimage to Kerouwan is equivalent to going to Mecca. The glory of faith is shrouded in silence, and people are reluctant to break the tranquility, and they can only look at it at a glance and penetrate the heart.

The Oqba Mosque is the earliest Islamic education and cultural center in North Africa and the academic center of the Malik School of Law in North Africa, enjoying high status among Muslims and has trained a large number of Islamic scholars and jurists. Listed as one of the key UNESCO cultural relics protection units. The Oqba Mosque is the oldest and largest mosque in North Africa and is one of the world's four largest mosques, which are similar to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.

An old town in Tunisia with a long history.