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Raqqada - Islamic Museum Musée National d'Art Islamique

The interesting Museum of Islamic Art (Musée National d'Art Islamique) in Reqqada is housed in a presidential palace built in 1970, set in a beautiful park.

The exhibits include finds from Kairouan, the Aghlabid residences at Reqqada and Al Abbasiya and other towns in the region. A special exhibition is devoted to the excavations at Sabra Mansourya, 6km/4mi away (a circular palace built by Caliph El Mansour in the middle of the 10th century). In the entrance hall are a model of the Sidi Oqba Mosque and a reproduction of its mihrab.

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In other rooms are old prints with views of local towns, coins of the various dynasties (Aghlabids, Fatimids, Zirids), old Koranic inscriptions (including one on a gazelle skin dyed blue), a variety of pottery and funerary stelae with inscriptions. The exhibits are labeled only in Arabic but it is well worth a visit.
Hours
July 1 to August 31
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September 1 to June 30
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Cost
Adult 4.00
All values are in local currency
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
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