Bab Bnet

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Bab Bnet, or Bab El Benet (Arabic: باب البنات) was one of the gates of the medina of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. The founder of the Hafsid dynasty, Abu Zakariya, had a palace near this gate in the 13th century. He captured three of his rival's daughters and raised them as his daughters in the palace near this gate. As a result, the gate was named for the girls, as Bnet translates to the "young girls". The gate has since been destroyed, but a boulevard near the gate's location retains the Bab Bnet name.

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Bab Bnet
Rue Bab Benat, Tunis Bab Souika (معتمدية باب سويقة)

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N 36.803863 °	E 10.166103 °

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Rue Bab Benat

Rue Bab Benat
1006 Tunis, Bab Souika (معتمدية باب سويقة)
Tunis, Tunisia
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