The most beautiful religious buildings East Coast

Built in 1963 and enlarged several times, this monument has housed the remains of the former president under a vast golden dome since 2000. On the sides of the main building, two other smaller domes, green in color, and dominated by two minarets 25 m high, house the graves of the parents of the president and that of his first wife. On the right, one can see the small marabout of Sidi Bou Zid, whose dome is made of clay tubes. The vast esplanade in front of the mausoleum is a pleasant place for family and popular gatherings.

Today the main mosque of the city, its construction was completed in 1963. It represents an attempt to renew religious art in Tunisia: the prayer room is square, the capitals of hafside style. Starting from a fairly traditional architectural base, it incorporates materials of high quality: columns of pink marble or onyx, golden mosaics, glass chandeliers, etc.. The mosque includes three courtyards paved with white marble. Non-Muslims will have to be content with admiring its high octagonal minaret, as access is forbidden to them.

Built between 838 and 841 by Bou Ftâta, the affranchi of the Amir El Aghlab Abu Iqâl, who gave her his name, is characterized by her simplicity and a great recount. The prayer room is square. Its dimensions are relatively modest, which implies that it was reserved for the Amir. But she does not visit…

Built by the Aghlabid emir, Abu El Abbas, in 850, it owes its massive and severe architecture as well as its eccentric location in relation to the city to its defensive function. In some respects, it is reminiscent of the Okba mosque in Kairouan. One can read a paleochristian influence, especially in the decoration of the mihrab. Divided into 13 naves, the prayer room is elongated. The mosque has the originality to be without minaret. The building stones, often uneven, give an archaic and charming aspect to the building.