page_title: Madrasa El Mountaciriya
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Madrasa El Mountaciriya / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La médina de Tunis مدينة تونس العتيقة
context_page_description: Madrasa El Mountaciriya, also known as Madrasa Al Fath is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis.
context_section_description: The madrasa has a very sober architecture like the madrasa Andaloussiya. Both have only one floor and a very large hall covered with stones.
  Three of the hall's sides are occupied by the student cells while in the fourth there is an oratory.
  Instead of the galleries like in other madrasas, El Mountaciriya has Iwans, inspired from the oriental architecture like in Syria or Egypt.
  The madrasa has also a mosque with three slabs.
  This building has witnessed many modifications through the years. For example, Abou Ghaith Al Qachach added a dome to the prayer room.
  The Association de Sauvegarde de la Médina restored the building in 1995.
  Nowadays, it is an animation space for elderly people.
caption: Marble plaque of the madrasa El Mountaciriya
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