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 Tunisia: Kairouan, the fourth holiest place in Islam, after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem: courtyard and minaret of Sidi Oqba Mosque, dating from the eighth century, the oldest in north Africa, and model for later mosques throughout the Mahgreb. View through an arch. UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. 
 Keywords: Muslim, Maghreb, architecture, Islam, heritage, historic, Mohamed

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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PMR630-01
Upload Date: 2012-11-11 08:24:29
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Tunisia: Kairouan, the fourth holiest place in Islam, after Mecca,

Medina and Jerusalem: courtyard and minaret of Sidi Oqba Mosque, dating from the eighth century, the oldest in north Africa, and model for later mosques throughout the Mahgreb. View through an arch. UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.
Keywords: Muslim, Maghreb, architecture, Islam, heritage, historic, Mohamed