Sidi Bellahssan El Halfaoui Mosque (Arabic: جامع سيدي بلحسن الحلفاوي) is a Tunisian mosque in the Halfaouine neighborhood in the Medina of Tunis in Tunisia.
Sidi Belhassen El Halfaoui Mosque | |
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جامع سيدي بلحسن الحلفاوي | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Sunni |
Location | |
Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
Architecture | |
Type | mosque |
It was built in 1640, in the Mouradite era,[1] to commemorate Bellahssan El Halfaoui, one of the Sidi Mohammed El Halfaoui descendants, a practitioner of tariqa and the shadhili. His mausoleum is close to the mosque, on Hammam El Remimi Street.[2]
References
edit- ^ Bourial, Hatem (20 April 2016). "Dans la médina de Tunis, le mystère de la rue Hammam Remimi".
- ^ "commune-tunis.gov.tn-ثقافة وترفيه".