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Description
Property Name: Mosque of Three Doors
Inventory No: 216-7-2
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2007-10-23
Country (State party): Tunisia
Province: Kairouan
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 35° 40′ 37″ N
10° 5′ 50″ E
Historic Period: 9th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 866
Style:
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
This small mosque but is noticeable with its uncommon façade and the location in the street structure.
Selection Criteria
i. to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning, or landscape design
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
v. to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change
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
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References
UNESCO World Heritage Site: http://whc.unesco.org/
Archnet Web Site: http://archnet.org/