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The Best Attractions In Tunis

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Tunis is the capital and the largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as Grand Tunis, has some 2,700,000 inhabitants. Situated on a large Mediterranean Sea gulf , behind the Lake of Tunis and the port of La Goulette , the city extends along the coastal plain and the hills that surround it. At its core lies its ancient medina, a World Heritage Site. East of the medina through the Sea Gate begins the modern city, or Ville Nouvelle, traversed by the grand Avenue Habib Bourguiba , where the colonial-era buildings provide a clear contrast to smaller, older structures. Further east by the sea lie the suburbs of Carth...
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The Best Attractions In Tunis

  • 1. Bardo Museum Tunis
    The Bardo National Museum is a museum of Tunis, Tunisia, located in the suburbs of Le Bardo. It is one of the most important museums in the Mediterranean region and the second museum of the African continent after the Egyptian Museum of Cairo by richness of its collections. It traces the history of Tunisia over several millennia and across several civilizations through a wide variety of archaeological pieces. Housed in an old beylical palace since 1888, it offers a prestigious and magnificent setting for the exhibition of many major works discovered since the beginning of archaeological research in the country. Originally called Alaoui Museum , named after the reigning bey at the time, it takes its current name of Bardo Museum after the independence of the country even if the denomination ...
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  • 2. Medina of Tunis Tunis
    The Medina of Tunis is the Medina quarter of Tunis, capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from the Almohad and the Hafsid periods.
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  • 3. Zitouna Mosque Tunis
    Ez-Zitouna University is in Montfleury, Tunis. It was first established in 737 and subsequently modernised in 1956. It consists of the Higher Institute of Theology and the Higher Institute of Islamic Civilisation in Tunis and a research institution, the Center of Islamic Studies, in Kairouan.
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  • 5. North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Tunis
    The North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial , is a 27-acre cemetery located at Carthage, Tunisia, where 2,841 United States military casualties are interred. Most lost their lives during World War II military activities in North Africa.
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  • 7. Dar Bach Hamba Tunis
    Dar Bach Hamba is an old palace in the medina of Tunis.
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  • 9. Mosque Sidi Youssef Tunis
    During the 7th century the region of Tunisia was conquered by Arab troops led by the Ghassanid general Hassan Ibn Numan. The city had the natural advantage of coastal access, via the Mediterranean, to the major ports of southern Europe. Early on, Tunis played a military role — the Arabs recognized the strategic importance of its proximity to the Strait of Sicily. From the earliest years of the 8th century, Tunis was the chef-lieu of this area: it became the Arabs' naval base in the western Mediterranean, and took on considerable military importance, and with a strategic location, the city grew, and with it grew the mosques for the Muslims to pray in.
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  • 13. Dar Lasram Tunis
    Dar Lasram is one of the palaces of the medina of Tunis. It is located at 24 Tribunal Street.
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