| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Turret on the corner.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The Great Mosque was built in 851 and has no minarets.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The outer walls.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The vaulted interior.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
 |
Narrow lanes with tiles.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
The entrance of Dar Essid has both Christian and Islamic motifs.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
Dar Essid is a mechant's house dating from 928.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
The reception area for visitors.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
The second wife's bedroom.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
The tiles are from Andalusia.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
The children's bedroom.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
The interior of the second wife's bedroom.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
The first wife's bedroom.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
The first wife's bedroom is the most ornate.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
The kitchen.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Essid
|
 |
Lamp with copulating couple.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
 |
The 17th century Zaouia Zakkak, and octagonal Ottoman minaret.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Souk Ar-Ribba
|
 |
The Souk Ar-Ribba is the main covered bazaar in Sousse.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Souk Ar-Ribba
|
 |
The bazaar is vaulted.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Souk Ar-Ribba
|
 |
Spices.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
|
 |
Steps ascending to the Kasbah.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
The walls of the 11th century kasbah which is within the medina.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
The Kasbah has a museum famous for its mosaics.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
Mosaic of Medusa.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
Birds and plants.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
The Triumph of Bacchus is a mosaic showing the god of wine on a chariot with wild animals.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
Mosaic of birds and flowers.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
Mythological figure.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
Posidon - Neptune.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
Sealife.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Medina
Site / Event : Kasbah
|
 |
Phoenician artefacts from 400 BCE.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
|
 |
The medina and the modern city.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Souk Ehad
|
 |
Woman in the Souk Ehad market in the modern part of the city.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Souk Ehad
|
 |
Shoppers.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Sousse
District : Souk Ehad
|
 |
Women walking.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
|
 |
Madhia is a port city founded by the Fatimids.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
|
 |
The port was founded in 916.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
|
 |
The founder of the Fatemids was Obeid Allah who was known as El-Mahdi.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
|
 |
During the 14th century, Mahdia was the wealthiest city on the North African coast.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
|
 |
The Fatimids set off from this narrow peninsula to conquer Egypt.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
The Skifa el-Kahla is a fortified gate in Mahdia leading to the medina.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
The entrance to the medina.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
Cafe.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
The medina is very picturesque.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
Decorated doorways.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
Site / Event : Mustapha Hamza Mosque
|
 |
A small square overlooked by the octagonal minaret of the Mustapha Hamza Mosque.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
Site / Event : Mustapha Hamza Mosque
|
 |
The mosque dates from 1772.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
The streets of the medina are whitewashed and paved.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
Taking French bread home.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
Narrow streets in the medina.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The Great Mosque was built by Obeid Allah, the Shia founder of the Fatimids.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The entrance.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was destroyed by the Spanish in 1554.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The original mosque dates from 921.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
Doorway in the old city.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
Minaret.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
The main square is shaded and has many cafes.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
Whitewashed houses.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
District : Medina
|
 |
Rooftops over the medina. The Borj El-Kebir (fort) is at the end of the peninsula.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
The Borj El-Kebir is a 16th century fort.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
The fort is very well preserved.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
The fort is set by the sea on the highest point of Mahdia.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
The walls and a cemetary.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
The fort is simple and dates from the 16th century.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
The interior.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
View of the sea.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
Watchtower.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
Barracks.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Borj El-Kebir
|
 |
View over the marina and cemetary.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
The museum features artefacts from North Africa.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Phonoecian lamp.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Berber ornaments.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
|
 |
The medina.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Mahdia
|
 |
The port.
|
2004 |
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