Bab Bnet
Building in Tunis, Tunisia
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Bab Bnet, or Bab El Benet[1] (Arabic: باب البنات) was one of the gates of the medina of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. The founder of the Hafsid dynasty, Abu Zakariya, had a palace near this gate in the 13th century. He captured three of his rival's daughters and raised them as his daughters in the palace near this gate. As a result, the gate was named for the girls, as Bnet translates to the "young girls".[1]
Etymology"Gate of the young girls", for the adoptive daughters of Abu Zakariya[1]
| Bab Bnet | |
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Arabic: باب البنات | |
 Bab Bnet in 1914 | |
 Interactive map of the Bab Bnet area | |
| Etymology | "Gate of the young girls", for the adoptive daughters of Abu Zakariya[1] |
| General information | |
| Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Coordinates | 36.803863°N 10.166103°E |
The gate has since been destroyed, but a boulevard near the gate's location retains the Bab Bnet name.
