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- Place Types Mosque
- Address Nasseria, صفاقس،، Sfax, Tunisia
- Coordinate 34.7388431,10.7581244
- Website Unknown
- Rating 5
- Compound Code PQQ5+G6 Sfax, Tunisia
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The Great Mosque of Sfax is known as the Mosque of Lachmi. It is the first mosque to be established in the city of Sfax. It dates back to 235 AH / 849 AD in the era of the state. The majority ruled in Africa in the 9th century. The Great Mosque is located in the ancient city center of Sfax. Since its inception. The first bomb launched by the French military fleet landed in Sfax in the period of its siege in 1881 on the minaret of the mosque. After the French soldiers succeeded in taking the city, they turned the mosque into a barracks where they would wash their clothes, and they used the bowl of the mosque as a stable to connect their horses.
The Lakhmi Mosque is among the largest mosques in Sfax and is named after Sheikh Abu al-Hassan Lakhmi.
The mosque includes a minaret and a square-shaped prayer house, the side length of which is 45.8 meters and a total area of 2097.64 square meters. The prayer house contains 112 columns, and between each two columns 4.2 meters. As for the dome of the Lakhmi Mosque, it is located in front of the mihrab, and it has several Moroccan-Andalusian inscriptions. The prayer house has nine ornate doors and overlooks a courtyard measuring 1923.6 square meters, with a fountain in the middle and a sundial to determine the times of the prayers.
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