Borj Ennar

Borj Ennar (Arabic:برج النار) is one of the fortifications of the medina of Sfax.

It is in continuity with the walls and allows a full supervision to all the coastal facade of the medina as well as part of its eastern one.

Its main role was to monitor the interior of the medina and its surrounding lands, and to notify the rest of the forts that were guarding the maritime border of the country using firecrackers.

It is to this role that the monument owes its current name, Borj Ennar meaning "Fort of fire" in Arabic.

Currently, Borj Ennar serves as the headquarters of the Association of Safeguard of the Medina of Sfax.