Bab el Bhar (Arabic: باب البحر, gate of the sea), also known as Porte De France (the gate of France), is a city gate in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.[1] It marks the separation between the Medina of Tunis and the modern city. The gate is made up of a lowered archway and topped by a crenellated parapet.
The gate surrounded by shops in 1895
Details of the inscription on top of the door
Night view
Altitude marking (7 meters above sea level)
^"Monument Tunisia: Bab el Bhar (Porte de France)". Tunisien Tunisia. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
Heritage Site. East of the Medina, through the Sea Gate (also known as the BabelBhar and the Porte de France), begins the modern part of the city called "Ville...
Marseille → Tunis, Tunisia Tunis (BabelBhar) Tunis (Medina of Tunis – Café Mnouchi or Hammam) El Djem (Amphitheatre of El Jem) Episode summary At the start...
located in the medina of Tunis in the old franc1 district. It is near BabElBhar. The fondouk was built during the years 1659-1660 under the reign of...
extended to the BabelBhar. Expansions to the north and south divided the main Medina into two suburbs north (Bab Souika) and south (BabEl Jazira). Before...
colonial district of BabBhar. After its renovation in 1960, BabEl Kasbah got provided by a smaller second entrance just next to it. BabEl Kasbah gives access...
mainly of European merchants, to enlarge their small church near the BabelBhar. In June and July 1846 the Duke of Montpensier, son of King Louis Philippe...
around the Place de la Bourse, now the Place de la Victoire, opposite BabElBhar, its fluctuating boundaries extended to the Rue Sidi Kadous to the north...
Delegations of Tunis: BabBharBab Souika Carthage El Khadra City Djebel Djelloud El Haraïria El Kabaria El Menzah El Omrane El Omrane Supérieur El Ouardia Ettahrir...
emerged from extensive investments, such as international hotels. The BabBhar (Porte de France), now a free-standing arch, is located at the termination...
Originally, the medina had only two doors: Bab Jebli, also known as Bab Dhahraoui (Northern door), and Bab Diwan or BabBhar (the sea door). Yet, in the 20th century...
the one God. The aspects of the Trinity are Mana (meaning), Ism (Name) and Bab (Door). Nusayrite beliefs hold that these emanations underwent re-incarnation...
Dervish House. Abjad numerals Ahmed Lur Arabic alphabet Arabic numerals Báb Eastern Arabic numerals Ideas of reference and delusions of reference 'Ilm...
which bear the same titles: e.g., "Bab al-Tawakkul"; "Bab al-Taubah"; "Bab al-Muḥasabah"; "Bab al-Tawaḍu'"; "Bab al-Zuhd". In the ninth gate, Baḥya directly...
religious mystic, Arystan-Bab (also known as Arslan Baba), was the teacher and spiritual mentor of Khoja Ahmad Yasawi. It was Arystan-Bab who transmitted the...
required). Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. (Sahih Muslim, bab nuzul 'isa, Vol. 2; Sahih Bukhari, kitab bad' al-khalq wa nuzul 'isa, Vol...
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The gate surrounded by shops in 1895
Details of the inscription on top of the door
Night view
Altitude marking (7 meters above sea level)
