welcome in ma7boubine (djerba)

One counts more than 300 mosques with djerba, some say 380. structure of the mosques differs according to the religious rite practised by their faithful. With djerba, one finds two principal rites: the malékete and Ibadhite which is the majority rite in the island.
one of the symbols of thestructural rebirth of djerba are the mosques even those which are modest release a charm, one often says the beauty of the things in their simplicity, and it is the case of the mosques of djerba.les mosques which have slim minarets. belong to the rite of the malékites, and those which have a low minaret are Ibadhite rite.
the mosques of djerba are beat following a quite precise study since one finds them dispersed equitably in all the island, so that the inhabitants of each district or agglomeration have a mosque any meadows.
the design of the mosques of djerba is single in its kind, mosques is in general made up of several rooms. the principal room devoted to the prayer, a place covered by ablution, a room for teaching and another by placing people of passage or the students

the roof is made of terrace with cupolas and a chimney indicating the site of the kitchen . to fight against heat .l' use of the cupolas and vaults of a dazzling whiteness made it possible to ensure a freshness much better than the roofs plats.lot of dwellings moreover are equipped with impluvium to recover the rainwater and which is stored in cisterns dug in the ground that one calls feskia or majel .cette water is treated so that it is drinkable.

the houch which is the traditional dwelling house, its style and its form are so particular outside this houch seems a small fortress; the rooms and the stay are around a large roomy court; patio intérirur.the rooms with lying are composed of a doukkana, a room of water and a room which for the form of square with windows giving outside which is used to sleep during one trés time of hot summer .those rooms were used in the stories to supervise the enemy and for defense .the entered with the shape of arc with a heavy door out of wooden and thick which closes evec a large key