Fortress
Bordj el Kebir
🇹🇳 Tunisia · 16th century
Bordj el Kebir (Arabic: البرج الكبير), also called the kasbah of Mahdia, is a 16th-century Ottoman military fortress located on the peninsula of Mahdia, Tunisia.
Machine-translated from “Borj El Kebir (Mahdia)” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bordj el Kebir ranks #7,320 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #21 of the 30 mapped in Tunisia. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Tunisia compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Bordj el Kebir?
Bordj el Kebir stands in Tunisia, at 35.50526°, 11.07631°.
When was Bordj el Kebir built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1550. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Bordj el Kebir?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,320 of 8,134 worldwide, and #21 in Tunisia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Bordj el Kebir?
Ribat of Monastir, about 37 km away.
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