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PMR079K-36 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. Here: doorway to the minaret, incorporating borrowed Roman stonework. 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. Here: doorway to the minaret, incorporating borrowed Roman stonework.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Mohammedan, Maghreb, historic, heritage, picturesque