Bab Sidi Abdessalem

View of Bab Sidi Abdessalem and the hafsid fontain in 1890

Bab Sidi Abdessalem (Arabic: باب سيدي عبد السلام‎‎) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis.

It was built in the reign of Hammouda Pasha, it takes its name from Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar, a holy man from Libya.

We find near this the door a Hafsid fountain and a souk.

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

City gates of Tunis
Bab Alioua Bab Bnet Bab Cartagena Bab El Allouj Bab el Bhar Bab El Fellah Bab El Gorjani Bab El Jazira Bab el Khadra Bab Jedid Bab Laassal Bab Lakouas Bab Menara Bab Saadoun Bab Sidi Abdallah Cherif Bab Sidi Abdessalem Bab Sidi Kacem Bab Souika
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