Sidi Belhassen El Halfaoui Mosque

Sidi Bellahssan El Halfaoui Mosque (Arabic: جامع سيدي بلحسن الحلفاوي) is a Tunisian mosque in the Halfaouine neighborhood in the Medina of Tunis in Tunisia.

Plate of Sidi El Halfaoui Mosque
Sidi Belhassen El Halfaoui Mosque
جامع سيدي بلحسن الحلفاوي
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationTunis, Tunisia
Architecture
TypeMosque
Hammam El Remimi Street

It was built in 1640, in the Mouradite era,[1] to commemorate Bellahssan El Halfaoui, one of the Sidi Mohammed El Halfaoui descendants, a practitioner of tariqa and the shadhili. His mausoleum is close to the mosque, on Hammam El Remimi Street.[2]

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