National Library of Tunisia
The National Library of Tunisia is the legal deposit and copyright library for Tunisia. It was founded in 1885, then known as the French Library, and then the People's library.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Library
- Description: national library of Tunisia
- Also known as: “Al Maktabah al Waţanīyah”, “Bibliotheque Nationale”, “Bibliothèque Nationale”, “Dār al Kutub al Waţanīyah”, and “Dār al-Kutub al-Waṭaniyya”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tunis City Hall and Kasbah Square.
Tunis City Hall
Town hall
Photo: David Weekly, CC BY 2.0.
Tunis City Hall is a town hall, which is situated 290 metres southeast of National Library of Tunisia.
Kasbah Square
Square
Photo: E.Selmaj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kasbah Square is situated 370 metres southeast of National Library of Tunisia.
Dar Ben Achour
Library
Photo: Sami Mlouhi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dar Ben Achour, previously known as Dar Bouattour is a palace in the medina of Tunis, built in the 17th century and located in the Pasha Street. Nowadays, it houses the library of the city of Tunis. Dar Ben Achour is situated 390 metres northeast of National Library of Tunisia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medina of Tunis and Montfleury.
Medina of Tunis
Suburb
Photo: Raspail, Public domain.
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 various periods.
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of Tunisia. There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of Carthage, which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too.
National Library of Tunisia
- Categories: national library and education
- Location: Tunis Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.79941° or 36° 47′ 58″ northLongitude
10.1636° or 10° 9′ 49″ eastElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
8F8GQ5X7+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 95130060OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=library
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“National Library of Tunisia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المكتبة الوطنية التونسية”
- Arabic: “المكتبة الوطنية”
- Arabic: “دار الكتب الوطنية”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de Tunis”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de Tunísia”
- Dagbani: “National Library of Tunisia”
- Dutch: “Nationale Bibliotheek van Tunesië”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المكتبه الوطنيه التونسيه”
- Finnish: “Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie”
- Finnish: “BnT”
- Finnish: “Tunisian kansalliskirjasto”
- French: “Bibliothèque de la régence (Tunisie”
- French: “bibliothèque française de Tunis”
- French: “Bibliothèque générale de Tunisie”
- French: “Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie”
- French: “Bibliothèque Nationale de Tunisie”
- French: “Bibliothèque publique de la régence (Tunisie)”
- French: “bibliothèque publique de Tunis”
- French: “BNT”
- German: “Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie”
- German: “Nationalbibliothek Tunesiens”
- German: “Tunesische Nationalbibliothek”
- Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Τυνησίας”
- Hausa: “Laburaren Ƙasa Na Tunisiya”
- Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של תוניסיה”
- Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale tunisina”
- Japanese: “チュニジア国立図書館”
- Persian: “کتابخانه ملی تونس”
- Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional da Tunísia”
- Russian: “Национальная библиотека Туниса”
- Serbian: “Национална библиотека Туниса”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Tunez”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Túnez”
- Turkish: “Tunus Millî Kütüphanesi”
- Turkish: “Tunus Ulusal Kütüphanesi”
- Urdu: “قومی کتب خانہ تونس”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Tiwnisia”
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