Tunisia /
Nabul /
Hhammam-al-Agzaz /
Kerkwèn
World / Tunisia / Nabul / Hhammam-al-Agzaz , 7 km from center (حمام الأغزاز) World / Tunisia / Nabeul
Arabic: كركوان
Also spelled Kerkouane, from French.
Ruins of a town, apparently destroyed by a tsunami, at an unknown point of time before the first Punic wars. By locals it is considered to have been a "Punic" Town, and recently called "Kerkwèn", after the common name of the modern-day area in its surroundings. The site including the city centre ruins and its Necropolis, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was a looting site until deemed empty, and in the final years of the Ben Ali regime, there was installed a road access, and next to it - a parking lot, and a ticket office and a small museum.
NOTE: It is perhaps the only archaeological site in Tunisia where you will NOT be hawked to buy small-sized artefacts, as there may be nothing left to sell from the site.
Also spelled Kerkouane, from French.
Ruins of a town, apparently destroyed by a tsunami, at an unknown point of time before the first Punic wars. By locals it is considered to have been a "Punic" Town, and recently called "Kerkwèn", after the common name of the modern-day area in its surroundings. The site including the city centre ruins and its Necropolis, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was a looting site until deemed empty, and in the final years of the Ben Ali regime, there was installed a road access, and next to it - a parking lot, and a ticket office and a small museum.
NOTE: It is perhaps the only archaeological site in Tunisia where you will NOT be hawked to buy small-sized artefacts, as there may be nothing left to sell from the site.
templebuildingruinscemeteryplace with historical importancearchaeological siteinteresting placeUNESCO World Heritage Sitenonresidential building
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerkouane
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Coordinates: 36°56'44"N 11°5'57"E
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