The three-arched gate of Bab Saadoun

Bab Saadoun is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It is named after a pious man, Sidi Bou Saadoun, who lived nearby in the 15th century.

First constructed circa 1350 on the edge of the suburb of Bab Souika, the gate originally had only one narrow arch. It was later replaced by a gate with three arches in 1881, at the same time as the arch at Bab el Khadra.

The reconstruction was better adapted to the volume of traffic coming from the routes to Béja, Bizerte and El Kef.

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