With our acquisition of the domain name, lekef.com, we wanted to acknowledge, through this post and the sub-domain, this historic city by preserving le Kef Digital Space as a public space to archive the original content and to leave it open for sharing new content in the future as a public service. The  Kef Digital Space–e.Lekef, is independent from LEKEF.com and a community-run and maintained service.

Historical information about Le Kef Community:

Sidi Bou Makhlouf

A very line mausoleum covered by an ensemble or original and harmonious ribbed cupolas and surmounted by all elegant octagonal minaret. The decoration inside is very rich with glazed ceramic tiles, finely carved stucco, ornamented wood constituting the main decoration. The foundation or this Zawiah goes back to the beginning of the XVIIth century and it contains the tomb of Sidi Abdallah Bou Makhlouf from Fes and those of his descendants. The Zawiah also serves as the headquarters of the Aissaouiyya confraternity, originally from Meknes.

This monumental fortified complex is the successor of all the fortification work undertaken since Le Kef city’s foundation. At present it is composed of two quite separate fortresses. The little fort, built in 1601, lies on the western side of the rock, its square layout consists of towers at the four corners, with in the centre a courtyard on which several barrack-rooms open. The postern is all the northern side. The large fort, lying somewhat to the East, was built and extended in several stages in the mid XVIIlh century, in 1736 and 1807. It includes a vast courtyard surrounded by large barrack rooms, a mosque, a srayah and rooms on the Eastern side, a tower on the North Western side and another coupled with a srayah all the South Eastern side. Between the two forts, one notices the cisterns at the entrance and all the left, and to the right the prisons. The main entrance of the large fort used to have a draw-bridge. From the top of al-Kasbah one can admire a fine view over the city, its close and more distant surroundings, right to the western boarder on the distant horizon.