Field photograph·C08438·1927–1931

Mosque, North Africa

Mosque with a tall minaret and banded arches, with people in a narrow street, North Africa — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08438. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall minaret with an open gallery near the top and a pointed cap rises beside a white-walled building whose arches are banded in light and dark stone. A narrow street runs down the right side, where about ten people in light robes walk between low awnings and walls. Another tower shows in the distance above the rooftops.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Mosque. North Africa.

Swedish, as on the record

Moské. Nord-Afrika.

Type: Field photograph
Number: C08438
Date: 1927–1931 (not dated individually: the span of the collection)
People named: Domingo Badia y Leiblich
Holder's label: Youssef Dey Mosque, also known as Al B'chamqiya, is a 17th-century mosque in Tunis, Tunisia, located in Medina area of the city. The mosque is considered significant as it was the first Ottoman-Turkish mosque to be built in Tunis. An official Historical Monument, it operated primarily as public speaking venue before becoming a real mosque by Youssef Dey in 1631. At the time it was the 11th mosque to be built in the capital. In the late nineteenth century it underwent extensive restoration, ordered by Ali Bey. A decree in 1926 saw the mosque become an annex of the University of Ez-Zitouna.
Materials: glass negative, black-and-white print
Keywords: tower, buildings, people, mosque
Held by: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm
Licence: Public domain (CC0) (our English text: CC BY 4.0)

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