Bab El Fellah
Bab El Fellah (Arabic: باب الفلة) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis.
Also called "Door of the Breach", it is located on the second enclosure of the southern suburbs of Tunis. Built around 1350, it plays an important economic role because its situation near the agricultural plain and on the roads of Zaghouan and Kairouan.
According to an ancient tradition, beside this door, there was a wide breach which allowed the flight of the Tunisians during the battle of Tunis in 1535.[1]
References
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External links
Media related to Bab El Fellah at Wikimedia Commons
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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
- Part of Medina of Tunis
- WikiProject Tunisia
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