Bab Menara

Bab Menara (Arabic: باب منارة) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis.

Bab Menara
Arabic: باب منارة
The gate in 1900
Etymology	"Lighthouse Gate", either for a lighthouse or a large oil lamp located at the gate[1]
General information
Town or city	Tunis
Country	Tunisia
Coordinates	36.796889°N 10.167861°E / 36.796889; 10.167861
Completed	before 1276[1]

It takes the name Bab Menara ("Gate of the Lighthouse"), either due to a lighthouse on the old palace, or due to a large oil lamp that was kept lit at the gate to illuminate the road for incoming caravans. The gate was finished by 1276, and connected the medina to El Haoua.^[1]