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PMR080K-02 Tunisia: Kairouan, the fourth holiest place in Islam, after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem: Sidi Oqba Mosque, founded in 672, the oldest in North Africa and model for later mosques throughout the Maghreb. UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. View of the columns and capitals in the portico, mostly borrowed from Roman buildings. Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Mohammedan, Maghreb, historic, heritage, picturesque

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Tunisia: Kairouan, the fourth holiest place in Islam, after Mecca,

Medina and Jerusalem: Sidi Oqba Mosque, founded in 672, the oldest in North Africa and model for later mosques throughout the Maghreb. UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. View of the columns and capitals in the portico, mostly borrowed from Roman buildings.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Mohammedan, Maghreb, historic, heritage, picturesque