Mosque of Sidi el Ammar

Another religious attraction enclosed within the medina is the mosque of Sidi Ali Ammar in Rue el Mar, the continuation of Rue d'Angleterre. It is located in the middle of the medina around 300m far from the qasaba, in Sousse. This rectangular monument stands in a strategic location at the centre of commercial activities. There is a rectangular door set into the façade, is the only decorated area in the building. The upper register is modelled on niches symmetrically arranged in line with the median axis of the façade. There are a number of rooms reached through a small courtyard, to which the entrance door opens out. Enclosed within the interior section are a cistern, an ablutions hall with a well, and a prayer hall with a portico and a mihrāb (the prayer niche in the mosque wall that ...Read More