Great Mosque

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Mahdia's fortress-like Great Mosque is a modern replica of the Fatimid original built by Obeid Allah in AD 921, which was destroyed when retreating Spanish troops blew up the city walls in 1554. Prayer times here are rare, and non-Muslims cannot enter the mosque compound.

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