MOSQUEE SIDI ABDEL SALAM

This great mosque is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in the country. It houses the tomb of Sidi Abdel Salam al-Asmar, a Sufi theologian of the sixteenth century, revered as a marabout and founder of a Koranic school that became a university of Islamic studies at a later date: Al-Asmary University in front of the mosque. A painting in the courtyard on the left of the mosque represents the latter as it was at the time of Sidi Abdel Salam, while its current appearance dates back to the 1980 s and is distinguished by a profusion of tiles of carved ceramics and stucco stucco.

The Koranic school hosts about 800 girls and 1 800 boys graduating from school. At the bottom of the courtyard of the mosque is the dormitory of the students. Vendeurs are often mailed to the mosque.