Madrasa El Achouria

Courtyard of the madrasa

Madrasa El Achouria is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. It was built in the Ottoman Tunisia.

This madrasa became an heritage monument on October 19, 1992.^[1]

Location

Located at 62 Haouanet Achour Street, from which come its name, this madrasa is the only one that has a minaret (15,3 meters high).^[2]

It was built on the remains of Madrasa Ibn Tafargine.

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

↑ "Décret du 19 octobre 1992 relatif au classement de monuments historiques et de sites archéologiques". docartis.com (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2016.
↑ Archives de l'Association de sauvegarde de la médina de Tunis (1981). Medersa Achouria (in French). Tunis: Association de sauvegarde de la médina de Tunis. p. 4.

Madrasas of Tunis

Madrasa Al Habibia Al Kubra Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra Madrasa Al Jassoussia Madrasa Al Khaldounia Madrasa Asfouria Madrasa Andaloussiya Madrasa Caid Mourad Madrasa Ibn Tafargine Madrasa Bir Lahjar Madrasa El Jedid Madrasa Ech Chamaiya Madrasa El Achouria Madrasa El Bachia Madrasa El Bechiria Madrasa El Kacemia Madrasa El Maghribia Madrasa El Mountaciriya Madrasa El Mettichia Madrasa El Tawfikia Madrasa El Unqiya Madrasa El Yusefiya Madrasa Ennakhla Madrasa Hamzia Madrasa Marjania Madrasa Mouradiyya Madrasa Salhia Madrasa Slimania Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ Madrasa of Zawiya El Bokria

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