National Monument of the Kasbah

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| name = National Monument of the Kasbah

| native_name = المعلم الوطني بساحة القصبة

| native_language = Arabic

| other_name = National Monument

| type = Monument

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| caption = Abdelfattah Boussetta posing in front of the National Monument of the Kasbah in 1989.

| sculptor = Abdelfattah Boussetta

| location = Kasbah Square
Tunis, Tunisia

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The National Monument of the Kasbah ({{langx|ar|المعلم الوطني بساحة القصبة}}), more simply called the National Monument, is a memorial monument and a prominent symbol of several events in Tunisia.{{cite journal |last1= Matri Smida |first1=Mohamed |title= Meeting with the sculptor of the kasbah monument |journal=Al Chourouk|date=1 June 1989 |page=21 |location=Tunis, Tunisie |language=ar}} It is located in the center of the Kasbah Square in Tunis, facing the Town Hall.{{cite web |title=Place de la Kasbah : cérémonie militaire de la levée du drapeau national |url=https://www.shemsfm.net/fr/video/131385/place-de-la-kasbah-ceremonie-militaire-de-la-levee-du-drapeau-national |website=shemsfm.net |publisher=shemsfm |accessdate=20 January 2020 |language=fr}}{{cite news |title=Les jeunes de la Kasbah reprennent la révolution tunisienne en main |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2011/03/04/les-jeunes-de-la-kasbah-reprennent-la-revolution-tunisienne-en-main_1488580_3218.html#IxEJ0yZYBRD1eh7x.99 |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=4 March 2011 |publisher=Hélène Sallon |accessdate=20 January 2020 |language=fr}}

The monument was designed and executed by the Tunisian sculptor Abdelfattah Boussetta in 1989.{{cite web |title=برنامج شخصيات بلادي تقدم لكم حوار خاص مع السيد " عبد الفتاح بوستة " نحات و فنان تشكيلي |url=https://www.facebook.com/SahelTelevision/videos/%D9%86%D8%AD%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%88-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81/628471994328396/ |publisher=Sahel TV |accessdate=11 January 2020|language=ar}}{{cite journal |last1=Almahjoub |first1=Mohamed |title=Le sculpteur Abdelfattah Boussetta " النحات عبد الفتاح بوستة ل"الحرية ": وراء كل نحت عملاق..فنان متميز " |journal=AL-Horria |date=5 January 1991 |page=17 |location=Tunis, Tunisie |language=ar}}{{cite web |title=.مسابقة فاز فيها النحات عبد الفتاح بوستة (معلم ساحة القصبة)...الفن التشكيلي… والثورة أي أيقونة |url=http://www.essahafa.tn/wordpress/2012/01/29/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A9/ |website=essahafa.tn |publisher=Belahsen Lasoued-essahafa |accessdate=12 January 2020}}

It also appears as a background image on the Tunisian ID cards.