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Great Mosque

Kairouan Tunisia

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Began724
  Finished728
Building Uses
 - religious
Structural Types
 - mosque
 - tower

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Spire115 ftUnconfirmed
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Description
The minaret predates the rest of the mosque, being completed in 728. It is the oldest in the world. The mosque itself was first built in 670 and was expanded numerous times, the last in the 9th century.


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