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Sidi Maaouia Mosque

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Sidi Maaouia Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدي معاوية), was a Tunisian mosque located in the north of the medina of Tunis. It does not exist anymore.[when?][1]

Localization

The mosque was located in El Monastiri Street.

Etymology

It got its name from a saint, Sidi Maaouia, a cap Bon native.

History

The mosque had its own Habous for the Hadith recital during Ramadan. Nowadays, it is replaced by a private house.

References

  1. ^ Mohamed Belkhodja, Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd, Tunis, al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah, 1939, 429 p