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Description
Property Name: Bi’r Barouta
Inventory No: 216-7-4
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2008-02-27
Country (State party): Tunisia
Province : Kairouan
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 35° 40′ 54.89″ N
10° 6′ 6.23″ E
Historic Period:
Year of Construction:
Style:
Original Use: Well
Current Use: Well
Architect: Unknown
Significance
It is the well that promoted Kairouan’s holyness and is one of the religious focal points of Kairouan. It is believed that the Muslim conqueror Oqba bin Nafi had found his golden cup he has lost in the Zamzam well in Mecca at the location of this well.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
No restoration in there,it still save its originality.
References
Jervis, Paola. “Kairouan.” Environmental Design: Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre 1-2 (1989): 36-53.
Piemontese, Angelo Michele. “Anciens monuments sur l’eau selon Tarsusi.” Environmental Design: Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre 1-2 (1997-98-99): 137-143.
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