Sousse Archeological Museum

The Sousse Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum located in Sousse, Sousse Governorate, Tunisia.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum in Sousse, Tunisia
Also known as: “Archaeological Museum of Sousse”, “Sousse Archaeological Museum”, and “蘇塞考古博物館”
Address: سوسة

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Bab El Gharbi and Bab El Finga.

Bab El Gharbi

City gate

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Bab El Gharbi is a city gate, which is situated 170 metres northwest of Sousse Archeological Museum.

Bab El Finga

City gate

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Bab El Finga is a city gate, which is situated 320 metres north of Sousse Archeological Museum.

El Medina

Residential area

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The Medina of Sousse is a Medina quarter in Sousse, Governorate of Sousse, Tunisia. Designated by the UNESCO a World Heritage Site in 1988, it is a typical example of the architecture of the early centuries of Islam in Maghreb. El Medina is situated 280 metres northeast of Sousse Archeological Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sousse and Port El Kantaoui.

Sousse

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Sousse is one of the older cities in Tunisia, possessing an authentic medina, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Port El Kantaoui

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Port El Kantaoui is a tourist complex 10 kilometres north of Sousse city in central Tunisia. It was built in 1979 specifically as a tourist center, around a large artificial harbour that provides mooring with 340 berths for luxury yachts, hosting sporting activities from water skiing to paragliding, and several golf courses.

Sousse Archeological Museum

Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Sousse Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

35.82311° or 35° 49′ 23″ north

Longitude

10.63558° or 10° 38′ 8″ east

Open location code

8F7GRJFP+66

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2094066071

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q3329457

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Sousse Archeological Museum” goes by many names.

Arabic: “المتحف الأثري بسوسة”
Catalan: “Museu Arqueològic de Sousse”
Chinese: “蘇斯考古博物館”
Dutch: “Archeologisch Museum van Sousse”
Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الاثرى بسوسه”
French: “musée archéologique de Sousse”
French: “Musée archéologique de Sousse”
German: “Archäologisches Museum Sousse”
German: “Archäologisches Museum”
Italian: “Museo archeologico di Susa”
Japanese: “スース考古学博物館”
Polish: “Muzeum Archeologiczne”
Russian: “Археологический музей Суса”
Slovenian: “Arheološki muzej Sousse”
Spanish: “Museo arqueológico de Susa”
Spanish: “Museo Arqueológico de Susa”
Turkish: “Susa Arkeoloji Müzesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sousse Archaeological Museum and Phare de Sousse.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Pokh Design and Théâtre Sidi Dhaher.

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