# Husainid-Era Monuments

Kairouan, Tunisia

The Husainid dynasty, founded in 1705 and ruling Tunisia as Beys until 1957, left an architectural mark across the country. In Kairouan its era shaped restored mosques, shrines, and civic buildings during more than two centuries of beylical rule under Ottoman, then French, influence.

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Coordinates: 35.6778, 10.1012

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