Bab El Ksar
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The Bab El Ksar ( Arabic باب القصر, DMG Bāb al-Qaṣr ) is one of the entrance gates to the medina in Sfax , Tunisia and is located on the western side of the northern city wall. It gives access to the Borj El Ksar fortification located in the northwest corner of the medina .
Due to its topographical location, the gate can be reached via a flight of stairs from the Bab Jebli bus station and the Feskiet El Fendri, a cistern of the Aghlabids , which is directly adjacent to the wall of Borj El Ksar.
This gate is one of several passages that were created in the early 20th century (such as Bab El Kasbah and Bab Nahj El Bey ) to relieve the medina and promote exchange with the hinterland.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Faouzi Mahfoudh: The city of Sfax: Research on monumental archeology and urban development . Paris, University of Paris-Sorbonne 1988, p. 67-69 .
- ↑ Medina of Sfax. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 3, 2017 ; accessed on February 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Moncef Bensalah: Les portes de la Médina. Retrieved February 5, 2018 (French).
Coordinates: 34 ° 44 ′ 11.7 " N , 10 ° 45 ′ 26.4" E