| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
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The colosseum in El Jem was the third largest in the Roman world with a capacity of 30,000.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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The stonework is of high quality.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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The Colosseum is 138m long and 114m wide and dates from 238.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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The structure is very well preserved.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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The interior.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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Underground tunnel where gladiators were prepared.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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Passageway for spectators.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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View from inside the structure.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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The Colosseum is used for live concerts.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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Arch stonework.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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View from the arena.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Colosseum
|
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View of the town from the top of the Colosseum.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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A group of Roman villas excavated in the 1990s dating from 170 form a large outdoor museum.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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The excavated villas have superb floor mosaics.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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The mosaics are very well preserved.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Geometric mosaic from the Roman villas.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Plant mosaic.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Mosaic of hunting lions from the Colosseum.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Scene depicting an attacking lion.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Mosaic of mythological figures.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Detail of mythological figures.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Human figures and birds.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Columns from a 2nd century villa.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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The museum is famous for its superb mosaics from the area.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Mosaic of birds and fish.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Floor mosaic.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Mosaic featuring animals from Africa.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Geometric design.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Rabbit.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Roman death mask.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Excavated Roman villas (170) with mosaic floors.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Geometric mosaic.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Dogs.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Mosaic hallway.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Courtyard of a villa.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : El Jem
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Paved Roman road dating from the 3rd century.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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The Cap Bon Peninsula.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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Kerkouane is a purely Phoenician city on the coast of the Cap Bon peninsula.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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The city dates from 8th century BCE.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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The original site was Berber.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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The site is surrounded by trees.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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The houses are set in a grid.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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House with painted walls by the sea.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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Houses have private baths and sophisticated water piping.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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Road drainage.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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Kerkouane was a Phoenician city ruled from Carthage.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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The site was a pottery making centre.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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Many houses have floors with speckled mosaics.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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Connection between two rooms.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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The fort.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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The South Gate faces the sea.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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Round structure, probably a shrine.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
|
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The city was abandoned c 250 BCE and was not rebuilt by the Romans.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
Site / Event : Museum
|
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The museum contains a collection of Phoenician artefacts.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Phoenician pot.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Painted Phoenician vase.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Decorated Phoenician container.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Painted pot.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Kerkouane
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Greek coins from trade with Greece.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
|
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View of Monastir, a city founded by the Phoenicians.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
|
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Julius Caesar used the city as a base in 46 BCE.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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One of the 17th century Ottoman octagonal watch towers in the Ribat.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The walls of the Ribat, a sandstone garisson dating from 796.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The walls have been used in many movies like "Life of Brian".
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The South Gate.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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Buildings in the 8th century garison.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The watch tower (nador).
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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Rooms and battlements.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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Battlements.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The Ribat is set by the sea.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The Nador (watchtower).
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
|
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The marina.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
|
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The cemetary.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
District : Medina
|
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The 17th century Briqcha Gate (built by the Ottomans) is the entrance to the medina.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
District : Medina
|
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Mosque in the medina.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
|
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The Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba complex.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
|
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The Mausoleum.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
|
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Octagonal kiosk at the entrance of the Mausoleum complex.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
|
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The Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's first president.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
|
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The Mausoleum is made of marble and has a golden dome.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
|
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Tower and cloisters.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
|
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The side dome is green.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Monastir
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
|
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The tomb.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
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The medina at Sousse. The walled kasbah tops the hill.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
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Entrance to the medina. The city walls date from 859.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
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The entrance to the medina.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
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The narrow streets of the medina.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
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The medina is a residential area.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The 8th century Ribat with a tower dating from 821.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The narrow entrance to the Ribat is flanked by a pair of Roman columns.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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Vaulted prayer hall.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The walls.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The Tunisian President.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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The upper level.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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Watchtower.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Ribat
|
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View from the Ribat of the Great Mosque and port.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
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The narrow streets of the souq.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
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Butcher.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
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Weaver.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The Great Mosque is adapted from a former kasbah (fortification).
|
2004 |
were added from 1 February 2025.