# Kairouan City Walls & Gates

Kairouan, Tunisia

Brick ramparts ring the holy medina of Kairouan, first raised in 762 under the Abbasids and rebuilt many times since. Pierced by historic gates and braced with buttresses and towers, they enclose a UNESCO World Heritage old city.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: 35.6793, 10.0998

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