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Ribat of Monastir

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Fort Aghlabids and the Fatimids and stationed



Tunisia Arabs Online: know the great city of Monastir Bhsnha "Ribat of Monastir," and as tall fence, which dates back to the Arab conquest of Africa, located in the city of Monastir center of the country east of Tunisia and on the outskirts of the Mediterranean Sea, a far from the capital Tunis 200 kilometers.

It was the first Arab city of Monastir Islamist built in Africa, and Tunisia has been a part of the current and Algeria has become the year 665 AD, "45 year of immigration" stronghold externally to protect the capital city of Kairouan.

The Hrthma bin eyes, and to the Caliph Harun al-Rashid, is the one who founded the Rabat Grand Monastir year 796 AD "year 180 of the Hegira" and become more defensive monument, thanks to expansions and Althsaanat made ​​between the 15th and 18th century and inhabited by the Mourabitines volunteers to serve Rabat.

The Ribat of Monastir today the oldest fort in the Maghreb and Ohassanha case and oversees the control tower, which has a taller twenty meters square Rabat, which is surrounded by rooms on three sides at the top of this tower highlights the beauty of Corniche Monastir at its best.

Include Ribat of Monastir, which is also dubbed the Grand Palace to the oldest Arabic inscription found in the North African live up to the year 181 AH. As the son of mooring Daad Monastir includes an inscription Other matched the importance of live up to the year 240 AH.

Rabat takes the form of subsidized castle towers round and other polygonal. Accent adorn the entrance five niches finished flat semi-circular arches Iatlleha frieze of plant forms, which coordinate a decorative method distinguishes the Fatimid al-Zari. Consists of entrance gate Mnarjh, surmounted by an inscription Hafsia handwritten clerical. The gate leading to the courtyard allowed to enter a ligament original. Featuring the interior courtyard surrounded by rooms open porticoes. And harbored the first floor of the prayer hall consists of two bays and seven tiles, tile East is characterized by viewing the large compared with other tiles. It will become the architect of this arrangement applied for the first time in the prayer hall is a constant in all the mosques of Africa, "the Tunisian" big.

There in front of the complex, from the south and at the level of the first floor, hall, composed of seven tiles travels Oscopan; roofed Bakbwat half a drum, with the exception of the tiles East, which covered the southern half of Bakbebh spherical low and without squinches. All these facts indicate the presence of a prayer hall fill the position has been surmounted, and the shape is reminiscent of the old architecture in Rabat, who was in the extension. This wing built in 355 AH / 966 AD, and referred to by Bakry in the middle of the 5th century of migration.

Continued to work amendment in 1115 AH / 1704 AD, where construction has been strengthened polygonal towers in the corners of South - East and North - Western, and round tower at the corner of North - East, which enables enterprises to receive artillery depending on the evolution of military technology. It also has added other towers, especially Albraijat outstanding, during the renovation work, which was ordered by Hussein Bai Between 1238-1250 AH / 1823-1835melada.

So, figure the outer walls of the fort for a few harmonies, possibly due to the work of strengthening the various Successive between 11 and 13 century / AD 17th and 19th centuries.

Ribat of Monastir has been expanded from the north side during the reign of Aghlabids, and the southern side during the Fatimid year 355 AH / 966 AD.

The business, which was completed during the period Hafsid which recorded a commemorative inscription dated 828 AH / 1424 AD, they have expanded the castle area to 4200 square meters. Have been added between 11 and 13 centuries / AD 17 and 19 centuries, a group of Altdeimat towers and Albraijat prominent polygonal and round, in order to accommodate artillery pieces.

It was Rabat in the beginning before the amendment quadrilateral, constituted a four buildings open to Sahnin internal and in addition to the closets allocated to the mujahideen devotees who were carrying out their jobs military and bent at the same time in prayer and meditation, contains Rabat on two mosques, harbored Ousahma today a unique set of supplies worship and traditional industries in the covenant mediator.

And can climb in the runway spiral shape, its about one hundred degrees, to gain access to the control tower, which had been an exchange of light signals from him, at night, with hasps neighboring towers, which allows visitors to enjoy the wonderful spectacle of the coast and the city of Monastir.

And Monastir City Goals histories Three events and the best proof of this is the heritage, who quoted us have seen the civilizations of the Stone Age, as shown fossils and traces of human activity, rooted in the old back to civilization Atria, which spanned between the end of the Middle Paleolithic and early Upper Paleolithic "between 35000 and 25,000 years BC. "It seems that the epithet Atry is relative to the Bir el Ater, Algeria near the Tunisian border. Monastir was known at the end of the period of the prehistoric civilization Alhawwant this label has been derived from the Arabic word "shop" in the sense that the shop and about 2000 - 3000 BC, a civilization based on drilling in the basements of the beach rock used for housing and then to bury the dead.

The name comes from the Latin Monastir "Monsteriom" or Greek "Monstiriun" is Ruspina ancient Phoenicians founded by residents of images in the fourth century BC, and the word means "Rubina" which is out Bunye head or specifically Peninsula. The Ruspina stretches more than 8 hectares of strategic location far from invasions. Ruspina helped the Carthaginian Hannibal hero in his war against the Romans in the third century BC.

Although Ruspina have been known since the fall of the Roman rule of Carthage in the second century BC, "146 BC" There is no doubt that in the Punic civilization, a civilization, a mix of Berber and Phoenician civilization may continue its presence in the mid-first century BC. In that period was Ruspina free city municipal council and its large port.
The refuge Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, accompanied by his army to Ruspina year 46 BC and zap them to fight his first battle and the first victory against Albompteyn. Since it is the first African city allied with Julius Caesar, has been identified Ruspina prosperous rapidly and occupied a high position within the cities.