Nine domes
Over the prayer hall.
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An old fourteenth-century mosque on the edge of Midoun that sums up Djerba's distinctive religious architecture: thick whitewashed walls, a squat two-storey minaret, and simple, sturdy forms. It was listed as a historic monument in 2022. The prayer hall is small, about seven and a half by seven metres, under a ceiling of nine small domes carried on four columns, with a mihrab in the form of a plain niche and a three-step stone minbar. An inner staircase climbs to the roof and the minaret. The mosque was more than a place of prayer: it was a whole complex, with a kuttab for teaching the Quran, an ablutions room, a grain mill and a bakery from the nineteenth century, and two cisterns that collected rainwater and supplied the neighbours too. It formed part of a chain of mosques near the coast that served as a second line of defence behind the watchtowers, which is why it looks fortified. Visits are in the morning only, and it is closed on Fridays.
Over the prayer hall.
The mosque's old services.
Djerba's white architecture.
Houmt Souk road, outskirts of Midoun, Djerba
Mornings only, until noon, every day except Friday; the ticket is 5 TND for non-residents.