harbor of Port El Kantaoui and to the north of the harbor. Religious buildings Great Mosque Located at the entrance to the medina, it was erected by the Aghlabid sovereign Aboul Abbas I (841–856) in 850–851, almost thirty years after the construction of the Ribat of Sousse. This mosque is the most emblematic of a city that became a few years after the reign of Ziadet-Allah I (817–838), the second city of Ifriqiya and the Sahel. Subsequently, the building is enlarged during the reign of Ibrahim II (875–902). Other religious sights Bou Ftetah Mosque Médersa El Zaqqaq Église Saint-Félix Sport Sousse is represented by Étoile Sportive du Sahel, a large multisport club. Football is the city's most popular sport, and ES Sahel has won the Tunisian football championship ten times and the Tunisian Cup ten times. The team's home ground is Stade Olympique de Sousse. Handball, basketball, and volleyball are also popular. Climate Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies Sousse's climate as hot semi-arid (BSh) bordering with hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) and cool semi-arid (BSk). The highest recorded temperature was on 28 August 2007, while the lowest recorded temperature was on 27 December 1993. Notable people Salvius Julianus or Julian the Jurist, a master jurist, public official, and politician who served in the Roman imperial state under four successive emperors. Primasius of Hadrumetum, Roman bishop and exegete, noted for his Commentary on the Apocalypse Mohamed Ghannouchi, former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, former prime minister Aymen Abdennour, footballer Makrem Ben Romdhane, basketball player Dov Alfon, author and journalist Marcel Dadi, guitarist who died in the TWA accident of 1996. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali former President In films Sousse's old city has aspects that made it an ideal film location. Most famous is Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), where Sousse represents Cairo, though its architectural style, white-washed houses with blue details, bears no resemblance to Cairo's. Twin towns – sister cities Sousse is twinned with: Boulogne-Billancourt, France Braunschweig, Germany Constantine, Algeria İzmir, Turkey Latakia, Syria Ljubljana, Slovenia Marrakesh, Morocco Nice, France Thiès, Senegal Weihai, China Gallery References Further reading . . External links Official: > 'Sousse Patrimoine Mondial de l'humanité' and 'Sousse dans l'histoire' General references and travel guides: Interactive Virtual Tour of Sousse Photographs: Photo Gallery of Sousse by a Tourist 2010 Winter Cities in Tunisia Archaeological sites in Tunisia Communes of Tunisia Seaside resorts in Tunisia Mediterranean port cities and