Bab El Allouj
Bab El Allouj(Arabic:باب العلوج) is one of the gates of themedina of Tunis.
Built under theHafsidsultanAbū lshâq Ibrâhîm al-Mustansir(1349–1369), it was named Bab er-Rehiba or "the smallesplanadegate ". In 1435, it took the name of Bab El Allouj, when SultanAbu Amr Uthmanbrought his mother's family from Italy (his mother was a former Italian captive) and installed her in the esplanade quarter which became Rahbat El Allouj,allouj(in the singularalij), describing white foreigners and often Christian slaves.[1]
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