Great Mosque of Testour

In the small town of Testour, founded by Andalusian Muslims expelled from Spain, this seventeenth-century mosque blends Maghrebi and Iberian styles in a distinctive way. Its most curious feature is a clock set into the minaret whose numerals run in reverse, a much-discussed detail of the building. The town itself preserves a grid of streets and houses laid out by its Andalusian settlers, unusual in Tunisia. The mosque anchors this heritage, marking the movement of people and traditions after the fall of Granada.