Medina of Tunis تونس المدينة العتيقة

Tunisia / Tunis / Bardaw /
 interesting place, UNESCO World Heritage Site, old city
The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.
The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from the Almohad and the Hafsid periods.
Founded in 698 around the original core of the Zitouna Mosque, the Medina of Tunis developed throughout the Middle Ages. The main axis was between the mosque and the centre of government to the west in the kasbah. To the east this same main road extended to the Bab el Bhar. Expansions to the north and south divided the main Medina into two suburbs north (Bab Souika) and south (Bab El Jazira).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina_of_Tunis
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Coordinates:   36°47'55"N   10°10'15"E

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