Great Mosque of Kairouan - Tunisia

🇹🇳  مرحبا بكم في تونس

Welcome to Tunisia!

This model was designed by Dany Sánchez .

We are proud to add one of the most important monuments of Islam and Africa to our ever-growing collection. Architectural and historical jewels like this are relatively unknown in the West, so we want to share it with everyone.

The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Arabic: جامع القيروان الأكبر) is situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan, Tunisia.

Established by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi in 670 AD at the founding of the city of Kairouan, the mosque occupies an area of over 9,000 square metres (97,000 sq ft). It is one of the oldest places of worship in the Islamic world, and is a model for all later mosques in the Maghreb (the “west” of the Islamic world, comprising northern Africa). Its perimeter, of about 405 metres (1,329 ft), contains a prayer hall, a marble-paved courtyard and a square minaret. In addition to its spiritual prestige, it is one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture, notable among other things for the first Islamic use of the horseshoe arch.

At the time of its maximum splendor, between the ninth and eleventh centuries AD, Kairouan was one of the greatest centres of Islamic civilization and its reputation as a meeting ground of scholarship covered the entire Maghreb. During this period, the Great Mosque of Kairouan was both a place of prayer and a center for teaching Islamic sciences. Its role can be understood as that of European universities during the Middle Ages (from Wikipedia).

Our version has a cut section to show the interior and how the prayer hall is composed of arches and columns. This is just illustrative, the real one does not have this cut, it is fully covered.

MiniWorld 3D is happy to bring this historical model to life as a homage to all the people of Tunisia. This model was created from scratch by hand and brain in parametric software to ensure printability, using photographs and blueprints to create a beautiful and stylized version of your favorite landmarks.  Please give credit, it's all about spreading culture! 

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Printing Tips

Suggested parameters:

For better details, print slow, such as 15 or 20mm/s for outer perimeters.
Fine-tune retraction to avoid stringing.
Perimeters: 2
Top layers: 3
Infill: as low as 12%

No supports needed, this has been optimized to eliminate all overhangs. The arches support themselves and all roofs, just like in real life!