Kairouan - Mosque of the Three Doors

(Local Name: Mosquée des Trois Portes) Beyond Bir Barouta is Rue de la Mosquée, which runs north to the Mosque of the Three Doors (Mosquée des Trois Portes, Djemaa Tleta Bibane), one of the oldest buildings in Kairouan, founded by a learned man from Andalusia in 866. Its most notable feature is the facade, with the three doorways from which it takes its name and two friezes of Kufic inscriptions, the lower of which is dated to 1440. The minaret also dates from 1440.