Medina of Tunis

The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of , the capital of . It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, , mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from various periods.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dar Bou Hachem and Hammouda Pacha Mosque.

Castle
is a palace in the medina of Tunis.

Mosque
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Hammouda Bay Mosque or Hamouda Bay al Mouradi is a in , . It is an official historical monument.

City gate
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, also known as Porte De France, is a gate on the east side of the medina of , the capital of . It marks the separation between the medina and the modern city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montfleury and Tunis.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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is the capital of . There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of , which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too.

Suburb
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is the central district of , the capital of , which occupies the area north of Avenue Habib Bourguiba between Bab el Khadra on the west and Avenue Mohammed V on the east.

Medina of Tunis

Latitude
36.79866° or 36° 47′ 55″ north
Longitude
10.17211° or 10° 10′ 20″ east
Population
26,700
Open location code
8F8GQ5XC+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1256202705
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q3106527
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Medina of Tunis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المدينة”
  • Arabic: “مدينة تونس العتيقة”
  • Basque: “Tunisko Medina”
  • Burmese: “တူးနစ်မြို့ဟောင်း”
  • Catalan: “Medina de Tunis”
  • Chinese: “突尼斯市的阿拉伯老城”
  • Dutch: “Medina van Tunis”
  • Esperanto: “Medino de Tunizo”
  • French: “médina de Tunis”
  • French: “Médina de Tunis”
  • Galician: “Medina de Tunes”
  • German: “Madina von Tunis”
  • German: “Medina von Tunis”
  • Greek: “Μεντίνα της Τύνιδας”
  • Hausa: “Madinar Tunis”
  • Italian: “Medina di Tunisi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Medinaen i Tunis”
  • Norwegian: “Medinaen i Tunis”
  • Persian: “مدینه تونس”
  • Portuguese: “Almedina de Tunes”
  • Portuguese: “Medina de Tunes”
  • Russian: “Медина города Тунис”
  • Russian: “Медина Туниса”
  • Slovenian: “Medina, Tunis”
  • Spanish: “Medina de Tunez”
  • Spanish: “Medina de Túnez”
  • Swedish: “Tunis medina”
  • Turkish: “Tunus Medinesi”
  • Urdu: “قدیم شہر تونس”
  • Vietnamese: “Medina của Tunis”
  • Zulu: “Medina, Tunis”

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