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The very large main basin of the Aghlabid Basins. These cisterns were built in the 9th centruy to hold the towns water supply. In the middle of the largest (128m diameter) are the remains of a pavilion on which the rulers would come to relax on summer evenings. Kairouan, Tunisia; Landscape
Author: WildFocus Images
WildFocus Images 2006
Photo size: 6.0 Mpixels (17.1 MB uncompressed) - 3025x1975 pixels (10.1x6.6 in / 25.6x16.7 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Africa, Aghlabid Basin, cistern, Horizontal, Islamic, Kairouan, Landscape, reservoir, Tunisia
Published in: Kairouan