Souk El Jomaa

It is located in the middle of the Medina, in the east side of the Great Mosque of Sfax, between the latter's path and Nahj El Bey.

[1] Considering that its location is not far from the sea, this souk was the destination of the village residents' products and other neighboring islands before the establishing of the medina.

As a result, Souk El Jomaa became dedicated to selling old clothes and furniture.

In the thirteenth century it was named Souk El Kachachine according to a document dated 1262.

At the beginning of this century, a coffee shop, an electric light tank and huge water containers called Mejel used to be located in the middle, During the Husainid era, a school that had a mosque for prayers and houses for the students of the Great Mosque of Sfax was established in the Souk.