Cheikh Rasaa Mosque

Cheikh Rasaa Mosque
مسجد الشيخ الرصاع
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationTunis, Tunisia
Architecture
TypeMosque

Cheikh Rasaa Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الشيخ الرصاع) is a Tunisian mosque in the north of the Medina of Tunis. It does not exist anymore.[clarification needed][1]

Localization

Metallic plaque of the street

The mosque was near Souk En Nhas in the Hafsia district.

Etymology

It was named after the saint Cheikh Rasaa, one of the Imams of Al-Zaytuna Mosque, who died in 1489.[citation needed]

History

The mosque was built during the Hafsid era. It has a hall and the tomb of its founder.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Mohamed Belkhodja, Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd, Tunis, al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah, 1939, 429 p