Fortress
Sidi Ali El Mekki Fort
🇹🇳 Tunisia
Sidi Ali El Mekki Fort, also known as Borj Sidi Ali El Mekki, is a historic Ottoman fort located in the town of Ghar El Melh in the Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia. It is one of the three Ottoman forts that were built in the town to protect the port and the coastal area, and it still stands today as a witness to Ottoman military architecture in the country.
Machine-translated from “البرج اللوطاني” on the Arabic Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sidi Ali El Mekki Fort ranks #8,084 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #25 of the 30 mapped in Tunisia. The nearest day-trip guide is Tunis, 41 km away. See how Tunisia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Sidi Ali El Mekki Fort?
Sidi Ali El Mekki Fort stands in Tunisia, at 37.16959°, 10.19441°.
How famous is Sidi Ali El Mekki Fort?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #8,084 of 8,134 worldwide, and #25 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 Sidi Ali El Mekki Fort?
Palace of Saheb Ettabaâ, about 40 km away.
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