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English: Monastir was founded on the ruins of the Punic–Roman city of Ruspia. This well preserved ribat was used to scan the sea for hostile ships. The Ribat of Monastir is an imposing fortress located along the Mediterranean Sea .
This is the oldest and most important defensive work to have been built along the North African coastline by the Arab conquerors in the early days of Islam. Founded in 796, this building underwent several modifications during the medieval period. Initially, it formed a quadrilateral and then was composed of four buildings giving onto two inner courtyards. A spiral stair of about a hundred steps leads to the watchtower form the top of which visual messages were exchanged at night with the towers of neighbouring Ribats An imposing gateway on the west side of the Ribat leads into the inner courtyard, surrounded on three sides by buildings several storeys high containing the monks' cells, store-rooms and casemates. The monks' quarters were separated by another gateway from other buildings (perhaps women's quarters) probably added in the ninth century. In and around the Ribat are film sets and studios. Franco Zeffirelli shot scenes from his film "Jesus of Nazareth" here in 1976. |
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