Bab El Kasbah (
Arabic
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: باب القصبة) is one of the gates of the
Medina of Sfax
The Sfax medina is the medina quarter of the Tunisian city of Sfax. It was built by Aghlabid prince Abu Abbass Muhammad between 849 and 851. The medina is home to about 113,000 residents, and is dominated by the Great Mosque of Sfax.
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, located in the west of its walls southern facade and gives access to its
kasbah.
Etymology
Originally, it was called Bab Jedid (the new door), as it was the first gate to be built in the end of the 19th century, more than 1000 years after
bab Jebli and
Bab Diwan, the medina's oldest gates.
The gate got its current designation from the
Kasbah located at its east.
History
The main purpose behind this new entrance was to decrease the flood of passengers through the two other gates and facilitate the exchange with the colonial district of Bab Bhar.
After its renovation in 1960, Bab El Kasbah got provided by a smaller second entrance just next to it.
Description
Bab El Kasbah gives access to a square delimited by
Sidi Ilyes mosque in the gront of the gate, the
cheikh Meftah Mausoleum and the
Madrasa Abbassiya in the east and the
Kasbah in the west.
From the outer side, the door overlooks ''The resistance square'',
Dakar
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's gardens and the ''Lycée technique'' through Ali Belhouane Avenue.
Gallery
File:Bab El Kasbah (4) - باب القصبة.jpg, Columns of Bab El Kasbah
File:Bab El Kasbah (2) - باب القصبة.jpg, The main entrance of Bab El Kasbah
File:Bab El Kasbah (5) - باب القصبة.jpg, Inner entrance
File:Frip casbah medina de sfax II.jpg, The kasbah square
References
Kasbah
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