Sousse - La Sofra

From Souk el Reba a side street runs southwest to the cisterns of La Sofra, entered through an iron gate. These huge underground cisterns, with a capacity of 3,000cu.m/660,000gallons, are presumably of Roman origin. In Rue el Mar, the continuation of Rue d'Angleterre, are the mosques of Sidi Ali Ammar and Bou Ftata. The latter, which has an area of only 8sq.m/86sq.ft, is believed to have been built between 838 and 841 by the architect of the Great Mosque; its minaret, with tile decoration, is much later.