Bab Saadoun ( ar, باب سعدون) is one of the gates of the
medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
of
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
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, the capital of
Tunisia
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First constructed circa 1350 on the edge of the suburb of
Bab Souika
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Bab Souika ( ar, باب سويقة) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis.
It was demolished in 1861. Its situation was between Bab El Khadra and Bab Saadoun
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, it originally had only one narrow arch and it was replaced in 1881 (at the same time as the arch at
Bab el Khadra) by a gate with three arches, better adapted to the volume of traffic.
Controlling the routes to
Béja
Béja ( ar, باجة ') is a city in Tunisia. It is the capital of the Béja Governorate. It is located from Tunis, between the Medjerdah River and the Mediterranean, against the foothills of the Khroumire, the town of Béja is situated on the ...
,
Bizerte
Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the cap ...
and
El Kef
El Kef ( ar, الكاف '), also known as ''Le Kef'', is a city in northwestern Tunisia. It serves as the capital of the Kef Governorate.
El Kef is situated to the west of Tunis and some east of the border between Algeria and Tunisia. It has a ...
, it owes its name to the saint
Sidi Bou Saadoun
''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( ar, سيدي, Sayyīdī, Sīdī (dialectal) "milord") is an Arabic masculine title of respect. ''Sidi'' is used often to mean "saint" or "my master" in Maghrebi Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. Wit ...
.
Image:Bab_saadoun_1880.jpg, The original Bab Saadoun
Image:Bab_saadoun.jpg, Bab Saadoun in 1940
See also
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Bab el Khadra
Saadoun
Infrastructure completed in 1881
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