Mahdia Museum
The Mahdia Museum is a museum in Tunisia specialising in Tunisian archaeology and heritage. It is located in the city of Mahdia. The museum collections includes Punic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic elements and concentrates on popular traditions of central Tunisia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Mahdia, Tunisia
- Address: المهدية
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Mosque and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Mahdia).
Great Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Great Mosque of Mahdiya is a mosque that was built in the tenth century in Mahdia, Tunisia. Located on the southern side of the peninsula on which the old city was located, construction of the mosque was initiated in 916, when the city was founded by the Fatimid caliph Abdallah al-Mahdi, to serve as the new city's main mosque. Great Mosque is situated 290 metres east of Mahdia Museum.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Mahdia)
Community center
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Mahdia) is a community center, which is situated 190 metres northeast of Mahdia Museum.
Gare Mahdia
Railway station
Photo: Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gare Mahdia is a railway station in Mahdia, Tunisia, forming the southern terminus of the electrified, metre-gauge Sahel Metro line. It is operated by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens. Gare Mahdia is situated 510 metres southwest of Mahdia Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mahdia and Rejiche.
Mahdia
Photo: Nizar 27, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mahdia is a city in Northern Tunisia, set along a superb coastline with a blue sea, as well as historical town full of tradition.
Rejiche
Village
Photo: Meriem Mach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rejiche is a town and commune in the Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004, it had a population of 8,925. It is a southern suburb of Mahdia, lying on the coast. Rejiche is situated 5 km southwest of Mahdia Museum.
Mahdia Museum
- Categories: archaeological museum, ethnographic museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Mahdia, Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.50377° or 35° 30′ 14″ northLongitude
11.0688° or 11° 4′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8F7HG339+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 397958691OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3329731
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Mahdia Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف المهدية”
- Catalan: “Museu de Mahdia”
- French: “musée de Mahdia”
- French: “Musée de Mahdia”
- French: “Musée régional de Mahdia”
- Hausa: “Gidan Kayan Tarihi Na Mahdia”
- Russian: “Музей Махдии”
- Spanish: “Museo de Mahdía”
- Yoruba: “Mahdia Museum”
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Highlights include السقيفة الكحلة and Sidi Mtir.
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