Bab Alioua (Arabic: باب عليوة) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. Bab Alioua, which translates as the "Gate of the Small Story", was built by the sultan hafside Abū lshâq Ibrâhîm al-Mustansir (1349–1369) at the eastern edge of the ramparts of the medina.
Gallery
Sponsored
Location
2 explorers visited this place
115 m
Sabkha Mosque is a Tunisian mosque in the south of the medina of Tunis in Bab Jaziza suburb.
290 m
Sidi Mansour Mosque is a Tunisian mosque in El Hajjamine quarter, attached to the Bab El Jazira suburb in the south of the Medina of Tunis.
344 m
Bab El Fellah was one of the gates of the medina of Tunis.
Also called "Door of the Breach", it is located on the second enclosure of the southern suburbs of Tunis. Built around 1350, it plays an important economic role because its situation near the agricultural plain and on the roads of Zaghouan and Kairouan.
According to an ancient tradition, beside this door, there was a wide breach which allowed the flight of the Tunisians during the battle of Tunis in 1535.
370 m
Bab Jazira Mosque, Tunisian Arabic: Jēma' Bēb Dzīra, also known as El Jenaïz mosque is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia.
427 m
Bab El Jazira, Bab Al Djazira or Bab Dzira, in English "gate of the peninsula/island", was one of the gates of the medina of Tunis.
It was on the southern side of the medina, connecting to the road to Cape Bon, the peninsula enclosing the eastern edge of the Gulf of Tunis. It also led to the souk of the dyers.
It was destroyed under the French occupation, and its role as a southern gate of the medina was largely replaced by the Bab Alioua.
It takes its name from a small building near the gate that served as a lookout post. It was through this door that Hayreddin Barbarossa entered Tunis in 1534.