Sidi Saada Mausoleum

[2] Due to lack of written documents, the history of this mausoleum remained mysterious for a long time.

It is mentioned for the first time in the inventory of monuments made by the students of the Bardo Military School in the middle of the 19th century.

[1] Initially conceived as a simple oratory, it was transformed in 1863 into a mausoleum named after a local Muslim saint, Sidi Saada Kanoun.

With the transformation of the building into a zaouïa, the courtyard got annexed to the prayer room,[1] in which, next to the mihrab, stands the burial chamber of Sidi Saada.

Access to the monument is through a carved wooden door located in a richly decorated stone frame (moldings, geometric and floral motifs, earthenware tiles, epigraphic inscription, etc.).