Byrsa
Byrsa was a walled citadel above the Phoenician harbour in ancient Carthage, Tunisia, as well as the name of the hill it rested on.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 52 metres
- Description: hill in Tunisia
- Also known as: “Bursa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carthage and Carthage National Museum.
Carthage
Photo: Saratanit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world.
Carthage National Museum
Museum
Photo: Mietek Ł, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carthage National Museum is a national museum in Byrsa, Tunisia. Along with the Bardo National Museum, it is one of the two main local archaeological museums in the region.
Acropolium of Carthage
Cathedral
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Acropolium, also known as Saint Louis Cathedral, is a former Latin Catholic church located in Carthage, Tunisia. The cathedral sits on the peak of Byrsa Hill, near the ruins of the ancient Punic and then Roman city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Kram and La Marsa.
Le Kram
Town
Photo: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Kram is a town and commune in the Tunis Governorate of Tunisia. Situated between La Goulette, the port of Tunis, and Carthage, it opens onto the Gulf of Tunis to the east and the Lake of Tunis to the west.
La Marsa
Photo: Youssefbensaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Marsa is a coastal city located in the northeastern part of Tunisia, situated along the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Tunis Governorate and has a population of around 100,000 people.
Sidi Bou Said
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sidi Bou Said is a village in Tunisia. The best time to visit is early autumn or spring, before the assault of package tourists begins, when you can still walk alone on the narrow streets, around white-blue traditional houses, enjoying the views.
Byrsa
- Categories: Carthaginian archaeological site and landform
- Location: Carthage Byrsa, Carthage, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Frisian—“Byrsa” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βύρσα”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤏𐤕”
- Arabic: “بيرصا”
- Basque: “Birsa”
- Bulgarian: “Бирса”
- Bulgarian: “Бйрса”
- Catalan: “Birsa”
- Cebuano: “Byrsa”
- Dutch: “Byrsa”
- French: “Byrsa”
- French: “colline de Byrsa”
- German: “Byrsa”
- Greek: “Βύρσα”
- Greek: “λόφος της Βύρσας”
- Hebrew: “בירסה”
- Italian: “Birsa”
- Italian: “Byrsa”
- Japanese: “ビュルサ”
- Portuguese: “Birsa”
- Romanian: “Byrsa”
- Russian: “Бирса”
- Spanish: “Birsa”
- Spanish: “Byrsa”
- Swedish: “Byrsa”
- Ukrainian: “Бірса Карфагенська”
- Vietnamese: “Byrsa”
- Western Frisian: “Byrsa”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quartier Punique and Acropole de Byrsa.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Byrsa”. Photo: upyernoz, CC BY 2.0.