Tunisia Way

1. Other archeological sites
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...n parts, it is now dominated by heaps of stones that once were houses. Beni Barka was founded in the 14th century by a Libyan tribe, and from the few parts that are not walled, you will have a great...

2. ZAGHOUAN
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...e a triumphal arch and a fountain as big as a temple but most of it is from the resettlement in the 17th century by immigrants from Andalucia. Streets climb up and down the hills, they are lively ...

3. MAKTAR
(Tourism/Historical sites)

.... Maktar would survive for a longer period of time than most other Roman cities, right until the 10th century, when the savage tribe of Banu Hillal invaded Tunisia and thrusted it centuries back...

4. KERKOUANE
(Tourism/Historical sites)

... the ancient Carthaginian civilization, far better than Carthage itself. Kerkouane was founded in the 6th century BCE, and was destroyed during the Roman revenge campaign against Carthage after the ...

5. LE KEF
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...he building, the Museum of Art and Popular Traditions is a rewarding place to visit. The house is a 17th century zawiyya, but could easily have been a local lord's palace. The house, let's focus...

6. Ha�dra
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...tine fortress The Byzantine fortress was built by the command of Justinian in the middle of the 6th century, and is said to be the largest of its kind in North Africa. The original measures we...

7. Gafsa
(Tourism/Historical sites)

.... The Roman influence was so strong that there are reports of Latin being spoken here as late as the 12th century. The Roman Pools  Your first stop on a tour of Gafsa will probably be the...

8. Chemtou
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...perhaps they were worked at at the times when Chemtou and its heyday came to an end, sometime in the 7th century with the Arab invasion. Numidian Altar & Roman Temple  It looks al...

9. Ain Tounga
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...ounga is often said to have to be finest Byzantine fortress in Tunisia. The fortress was built in the 6th century, and has 5 square towers. One stands at almost its original height. Although little...

10. Monastir Museum
(Tourism/Museum)

... The Ribat of Monastir. This is both a religious and a military monument built between the end of the 8th century and the 10th century and transformed into a vast citadel which is one of the largest ...

11. Dar Abdallah
(Tourism/Museum)

This museum is housed on the ground floor of an 18th-century palace, Dar Ben Abdallah, located in the heart of the medina (old city). The palace includes three elements, a masters' house, where

12. Raqqada Museum
(Tourism/Museum)

...ics room, distinguished by a varied collection of ceramics, mainly from digs on the sites of Raqqada, 9th-century capital of the Aghlabids, and Sabra al-Mansuriyya, capital of the Fatimids and the Zi...

13. Carthage Museum
(Tourism/Museum)

...seum of Carthage. Human sacrifice was practiced in the early days of Carthage and continued into the 3rd century, although some experts believe that a sheep or veal was often substituted to a human...

14. Bardo Museum
(Tourism/Museum)

...o Palace, official residence of the Husseinite beys. The present palace was built at the end of the 17th century and became a museum in 1888. The Bardo Museum: 3,000 years of history in one plac...

15. Dougga
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...n the Bardo Museum in Tunis. Lybico-Punic Mausoleum The Lybico-Punic Mausoleum dates back to 3rd century BCE, and it could be worth the whole trip to Dougga in itself. It is however easy to...

16. Ksar Ghilane
(Tourism/Sahara)

... few alterations in its history, mainly being rebuilt to serve the purposes of Berber tribes in the 16th century. Its condition is of course poor, it wasn't built to survive the centuries, like the...

17. Bulla Regia
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...Berber origins of Bulla Regia probably pre-dated its Punic culture: imported Greek ceramics of the fourth century BCE have been found; it came under the hegemony of Carthage during the third century...

18. Djerba Explore
(Tourism/Attraction & Entertainment)

...artistic values. Difficult all to evoke, but randomly visit we liked this collar of guard hair of X or XI century decorated with faces, survival of arts preislamic, this plate of the XIII century o...

19. Various trades
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...lection of ancient mosaics of the world. It is at the time Roman and especially starting from IIème century that this art developed so much so that one can speak about a true African school, ma...

20. Puffed up glass
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...s which sought to compete with the ostentation of the court of Baghdad, developed, as of the IX ème century a craft industry glass-maker which remains active until half of the XIV ème ce...

21. Wood
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

... it be recalled that the “minbar” of the Large mosque of Kairouan dated from the lXème century is a single piece of furniture by the beauty of its panels (nearly 110) carved and a...

22. Leather and leather working
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

... constituted the chief of work of the craft industry of leather. Forming until the beginning of our century one of the most important corporations of the souks of the médina, the saddle...

23. Iron made handicrafts
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...ckets), of candlesticks and other decorative purposes. Copper It is at the XVIIIème century that the craft industry of copper knew its golden age in Tunisia, in particular in th...

24. Ceramics and pottery
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...hnique. The use of the glazes and metallic oxides came from Baghdad at the time aghlabide (IX ème century). Ceramics Fatimide and Zirîde (IX ème century is characterized by a...

25. Traditional costume
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

So today, Tunisian gets dressed and relative in the same way, it was different at the beginning of the century, where each area, if not each village had its male and female costumes. The female tr

26. Carpet
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...30, carpet at tied points of Anatolian inspiration. However, the oldest traces of carpet go up in Ve front century J. - C. with the famous Carthaginian tapestries tinted with the murex. In VIII...

27. Telecommunication
(Economy/Services)

...were meant to equip the Tunisian society, especially the youth, with the necessary tools to enter the next century ready to meet the challenges of globalization. Various measures taken in this c...

28. Medenine
(Tourism/Sahara)

...Here family could meet, products be sold and bought and conflicts resolved. Medenine was from the 17th century until late in the 19th century an important market town in this part of North Africa...

29. Kerkennah
(Tourism/Coast)

...pping into the sea. The ruins date back almost 1000 years, but were rebuilt by the Spanish in the 16th century. Around the fortress you will be able to locate a few remains of the original Roman ...

30. Monastir
(Tourism/Coast)

... one of the filming locations for Monty Python's Life Of Brian. TOURIST INFORMATION Monastir, 9th century walls and an imposing Ribat tower over a modern resort complex and the result is ama...