Bardo National Museum
The Bardo National Museum (Arabic: المتحف الوطني بباردو; French: Musée national du Bardo) is a museum located in Tunis, Tunisia.
Articles in Tunisia ( 307 )
307 Articles of interest in Tunisia
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The city of Carthage (/ˈkɑrθɪdʒ/; Arabic: قرطاج Qarṭāj) is a city in Tunisia that was once the centre of the ancient Carthaginian civilization. The city developed from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC into the capital of an ancient empi…
Tataouine
Tataouine (Arabic: تطاوين Taṭāwīn), also transliterated as Tatooine, Tatahouine, Tatahouïne, Tatawin, Fum Taţāwīn, Fumm Tattauin, Foum Tatahouine, Fum Tatawin, or Foum Tataouine, from the Berber Tittawin, literally meaning Eyes, with the figurative…
Battle of Kasserine Pass
The Battle of Kasserine Pass was a battle that took place during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II in February 1943. It was a series of battles fought around Kasserine Pass, a 2 mi (3.2 km) wide gap in the Grand Dorsal chain of the Atlas Mountain…
Djerba
Djerba (Tunisian Arabic: جربة pronounced [ˈdʒɛrbæ]), also transliterated as Jerba or Jarbah, is, at 514 square kilometres (198 sq mi), the largest island of North Africa, located in the Gulf of Gabes, off the coast of Tunisia.
Sousse
Sousse or Soussa (Arabic: سوسة Sūsa, Berber: Susa) is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located 140 kilometres (87 miles) south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the …
Kairouan
Kairouan (Arabic: القيروان Al Qairawān), also known as Kirwan or al-Qayrawan, is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The city was founded by the Arabs around 670. In the period of Caliph Mu'awiya …
Ghriba synagogue bombing
The Ghriba synagogue bombing was a deadly bombing carried out by Niser bin Muhammad Nasr Nawar in Tunisia on the El Ghriba synagogue.
El Djem
El Djem (Arabic: قصر الجمّ; Latin Thysdrus) is a town in Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia, population 48,611 (2014 census).
Hammamet, Tunisia
Hammamet (Arabic: الحمامات El-Ḥammāmāt) is a town in Tunisia. Due to its beaches it is a popular destination for swimming and water sports. It was the first tourist destination in Tunisia.
Great Mosque of Kairouan
The Great Mosque of Kairouan (جامع القيروان الأكبر), also known as the Mosque of Uqba (Arabic: جامع عقبة بن نافع), is one of the most important mosques in Tunisia, situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan.
Bizerte
Bizerte (Arabic: بَنزَرِتْ Banzart ; historically: Phoenician: 𐤄𐤉𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤊𐤓𐤀 Hippo Acra, Latin: Hippo Diarrhytus and Hippo Zarytus), also known in English as Bizerta, is the capital city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia and the northernmost city in Af…
Monastir, Tunisia
Monastir (Arabic: المـنسـتير Al-Munastîr, from the Greek μοναστήριον "Hermit's Cell, monastery", called [lmiˈstiːr] in Tunisian Arabic), is a city on the central coast of Tunisia, in the Sahel area, (20 km south of Sousse and 162 km south of Tunis)…
Dougga
Dougga or Thugga (Berber: Dugga, Tugga, Arabic: دقة) is an ancient Roman city in northern Tunisia, included in a 65 hectare archaeological site.
Tozeur
Tozeur (Arabic: توزر, Berber: Tuzer / ⵜⵓⵣⴻⵔ) is an oasis and a city in south west Tunisia. The city is located North West of Chott el-Djerid, in between this Chott and the smaller Chott el-Gharsa.
Matmata, Tunisia
Matmata (Arabic: مطماطة Maṭmāṭah) is a small Berber speaking town in southern Tunisia. Some of the local Berber residents live in traditional underground "troglodyte" structures.
Battle of El Guettar
The Battle of El Guettar was a World War II battle that took place during the Tunisia Campaign, fought between elements of the Army Group Africa under General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, along with Italian forces under General Giovanni Messe, and U.S. II…
Geography of Tunisia
Tunisia is a country located in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya. Its geographic coordinates are (34°00′N9°00′E). Tunisia occupies an area of 163,610 square kilometres, of which 8,250 are water.
Tunis–Carthage International Airport
Tunis–Carthage Airport (French: Aéroport de Tunis-Carthage, Arabic: مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي, IATA: TUN, ICAO: DTTA) is the international airport serving Tunis in Tunisia.
Mahdia
Mahdia (Arabic: المهدية al-Mahdiya), is a Tunisian coastal city with 79,545 inhabitants, south of Monastir and southeast of Sousse.
La Goulette
La Goulette (Arabic: حلق الوادي - Ḥalq al-Wādī, Italian: La Goletta) is the port of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.
Sidi Bou Said
Sidi Bou Said (Arabic: سيدي بو سعيد) a town in northern Tunisia located about 20 km from the capital, Tunis.
Enfidha – Hammamet International Airport
Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport (IATA: NBE, ICAO: DTNH) is an airport in Enfidha, Tunisia, located about 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest from the town of Hammamet.
Utica, Tunisia
Utica /ˌjuːtɪkə/ is an ancient city located between Carthage in the south and Hippo Diarrhytus (now Bizerte) in the north, near the outflow of the Medjerda River into the Mediterranean Sea. It is traditionally considered to be the first colony found…
El Ghriba synagogue
The ancient El Ghriba Synagogue, (Arabic: معبد الغريبة), also known as the Djerba Synagogue, is located on the Tunisian island of Djerba.
Gafsa
Gafsa (Literary Arabic: قفصة Qafṣah ; Tunisian Arabic: [ˈqɑfsˤɑ] Qafṣa , southern accent: [ˈɡɑfsˤɑ] Gafṣa ), originally called Capsa in Latin, is the capital of Gafsa Governorate of Tunisia. It lends its Latin name to the Mesolithic Capsian cultur…
Conquest of Tunis (1535)
The Conquest of Tunis in 1535 was an attack on Tunis, then under the control of the Ottoman Empire, by the Spanish Empire and its allies.
Carthage National Museum
Carthage National Museum, along with the Bardo National Museum one of the two main archaeological museums in Tunisia, is a national museum displaying archaeological items; it is sited at the hill of Byrsa in the heart of the city of Carthage.
Sidi Bouzid
Sidi Bouzid (Tunisian Arabic: سيدي بوزيد Sīdi Bu Zīd , pronounced [ˈsiːdi buˈziːd]), sometimes called Sidi Bou Zid or Sīdī Bū Zayd, is a city in Tunisia and is the capital of Sidi Bouzid Governorate in the centre of the country.
Kasserine
Kasserine (Arabic: القصرين Al Qaṣrain) is the capital city of the Kasserine Governorate, in west-central Tunisia. It is situated below Jebel ech Chambi, Tunisia's highest mountain. Its population is 76,243 (2004).
Jendouba
Jendouba (Arabic: جندوبة; known as Souk El Arba until 30 April 1966) is a large city in northwestern Tunisia, and capital of the Jendouba Governorate. It is an important crossroads with many road links to other towns such as El Kef, Tabarka, Ain Dr…
Battle of Sidi Bou Zid
The Battle of Sidi Bou Zid was a World War II battle that took place during the Tunisia Campaign. The battle was fought between forces of Nazi Germany and forces of the United States. The German forces included the 10th Panzer Division and the 21st …
Djerba–Zarzis International Airport
Djerba–Zarzis International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Djerba-Zarzis, Arabic: مطار جربة جرجيس الدولي) (IATA: DJE, ICAO: DTTJ) is an airport serving the island of Djerba in Tunisia.
Chott el Djerid
Chott el Djerid (Arabic: شط الجريد Šaṭṭ al-Jarīd) also spelled Sciott Gerid and Shott el Jerid, is a large endorheic salt lake in southern Tunisia.
Tabarka
Tabarka (Arabic: طبرقة, Phoenician Tabarka, Thabraca' in Latin, Thabarka or Barga by locals) is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, at about (36°57′16″N8°45′29″E), close to the border with Algeria. It has been famous for its coral fis…
Kerkennah Islands
Kerkennah Islands (Arabic: جزر قرقنة) are a group of islands lying off the east coast of Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabès, at (34°42′N11°11′E). The Islands are low-lying being no more than 13 metres (43 feet) above sea level. The main islands are Cher…