# Bir Barrouta

Kairouan, Tunisia

Housed in a building of 1690, this historic well is famous for the camel that turns its wooden water wheel upstairs. Legend links its water to the sacred spring of Zamzam in Mecca, and pilgrims drink it as a blessing.

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Coordinates: 35.6778, 10.1012

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