Sidi Mahrez Mosque

Coordinates: 36°48′15″N 10°10′06″E / 36.80417°N 10.16833°E

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Sidi Mahrez Mosque
جامع سيدي محرز

Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Location
Location	Tunis, Tunisia
Shown within Tunisia
Geographic coordinates	36°48′15″N 10°10′06″E / 36.80417°N 10.16833°E / 36.80417; 10.16833
Architecture
Type	Mosque

Sidi Mahrez Mosque, also known as Mohamed Bey El Mouradi Mosque, is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. It is an official historical monument.

Localization

This mosque is located in Medina area of the city.

History

It was built by Mohamed Bey El Mouradi, son of Mourad Bey II in 1692 in honor of the patron-saint of Tunis Sidi Mahrez.

Structure

It is strongly influenced by Ottoman architecture, showing similarities to the Sultan Ahmed II Mosque of Istanbul with a central dome with cupolas occupying the four corners of the square of the prayer hall.^[1] Polychrome tiles were imported from Iznik (Turkey) to cover a large part of the wall in the direction of Mecca and the grand pillars that support the central dome.^[1]

The interior of the mosque was renovated in the 1960s.^[1]

External view of the mosque
Entrance of the mosque
Decoration of the dome
decoration of the mosque

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lieux de culte Municipalité de Tunis" (in French). Government of Tunis. Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2010.

External links

Media related to Sidi Mahrez Mosque at Wikimedia Commons

Mosques in Tunisia

Tunis

Medina	Al-Zaytuna Bab Bhar El Fell El Habibi El Hafsia El Hentati El Ichbili El Jedid El Koubba El Mehrass Ettarraz Hammouda Pacha Harmel Kasbah Ksar Laz Little Pacha Melmli Saida Adjoula Sidi Amor Sidi Bou Hadid Sidi Mahrez Youssef Dey
Northern	Abi Mohamed Al Morjani Abi Mnigel Ben Hmida El Ahmadi El Borj El Bradia El Kayal Hammam El Rmimi Saheb Ettabaâ Sidi Belhassen El Halfaoui Sidi Bellagh Sidi El Ansari Sidi Gouicem Soubhan Allah Tabbanine Tronja
Southern	Al Haliq Al Haoua Bab Jazira Charbati Hajjamine Sabkha Sidi El Baghdadi Sidi Mahrez Khelloua Sidi Mansour
Former	Cheikh Rasaa Edabaghine El Ghassiroun El Ghouri El Nakiri El Sfar Karah Borni Ouichka Sidi Ali Ben Ziyad Sidi El Hari Sidi Maaouia Sidi Mardoum Sidi Salah Bou Kabrine Tarchich Usta Murad

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