Bab Menara
Building in Tunis, Tunisia
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Bab Menara (Arabic: باب منارة) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis.
Etymology"Lighthouse Gate", either for a lighthouse or a large oil lamp located at the gate[1]
Completedbefore 1276[1]
| Bab Menara | |
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Arabic: باب منارة | |
The gate in 1900 | |
 Interactive map of the Bab Menara area | |
| Etymology | "Lighthouse Gate", either for a lighthouse or a large oil lamp located at the gate[1] |
| General information | |
| Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Coordinates | 36.796889°N 10.167861°E |
| Completed | before 1276[1] |
It takes the name Bab Menara ("Gate of the Lighthouse"), either due to a lighthouse on the old palace, or due to a large oil lamp that was kept lit at the gate to illuminate the road for incoming caravans. The gate was finished by 1276, and connected the medina to El Haoua.[1]
