00:03Hello Indonesia, this time we will invite you to visit the city of Kairouan, Tunisia.
00:10There is a mosque there that is more than 1,300 years old.
00:15Here is the complete information for you.
00:19This is the Great Mosque of Kairouan which is located in the city of Kairouan, Tunisia.
00:24This mosque, which is more than 1,300 years old, is the oldest mosque on the African continent.
00:32Built in 670, the Great Mosque of Kairouan combines pre-Islamic, Roman and Byzantine architectural styles.
00:41The Kairouan Grand Mosque is considered the fourth holiest site in Islam after Mecca, Medina in Saudi Arabia, and Baitul Maqdis
00:49in Palestine.
00:54The Great Mosque of Kairouan is also known as the Uqbah Mosque.
00:58The name Uqbah is taken from a general named Uqbah Ibn Nafi who built this mosque for the first time.
01:05The mosque has been rebuilt at least twice and the original building of the mosque has been completely destroyed.
01:13What remains of the Great Mosque of Kairouan today is the building built by the Aglabiah dynasty in the 9th century.
01:21The original structure that still survives today is a dome borrowed from Roman and Byzantine architecture.
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