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| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Tunis is the capital of Tunisia. It is a modern city with French influence. |
2004 |
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Tunis |
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The new city has wide boulevards. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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The Cathedral of St Vincent de Paul (1883). |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Jewelry shop. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Mosque in the modern part of Tunis. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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The entrance to the medina (the old city). |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Bab Bhar is at the main gateway to the medina. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Tunis is mentioned in maps from the 5th century BCE. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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The city dates from the Arab conquests of 695. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Ornate door, typical of the Medina. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Hamuda Pasha Mosque |
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The octagonal minaret of the Hamuda Pasha Mosque (17th century). |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Hamuda Pasha Mosque |
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The interior decoration. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Vaulted passage. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Seeds. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Olive seller. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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At a metal workshop in Rue de Forgerons. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Musical instruments and beads. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Entrance to a hammam, a Turkish bath. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Sweets. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Zitouna Mosque |
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The Zitouna Mosque dates from the 9th century. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Zitouna Mosque |
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The Zitouna Mosque contains 200 Roman columns from Carthage. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Zitouna Mosque |
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Decorated kiosk by the mosque entrance. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Zitouna Mosque |
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The square minaret. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Zitouna Mosque |
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The interior. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Mosque of the Dyers |
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The Mosque of the Dyers has a yellow door and dates from 1716. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Mosque of the Dyers |
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Bread seller outside the mosque (1716). |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Mosque of the Dyers |
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The mosque has a hexagonal minaret. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Figures on sale. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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The Souq of Chechias is where the fez-like Tunisian hat is made and sold. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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The Mosque of M'Sed el-Kobba. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Arch and blue window. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Slimania Madresa |
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The Slimania Medresa is an Islamic school. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Slimania Madresa |
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The school dates from 1754 and was built by the Ottomans. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Slimania Madresa |
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The school contains a small domed mosque. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Slimania Madresa |
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The prayer niche of the madressa mosque. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Typical decorated door in the medina. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Courtyard. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Archway. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Tourbet el-Bey |
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Torbet el-Bey is marked by several green domes with fish scale design. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Tourbet el-Bey |
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Green domes are typical of the tombs in Tunis. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Tourbet el-Bey |
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Tourbet el-Bey contains the tombs of several Ottoman governors. It dates from the late 18th century. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Tourbet el-Bey |
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The complex features several tombs from the Ottoman period. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Tourbet el-Bey |
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Decorated tomb of an Ottoman official, Tourbet el-Bey. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Tourbet el-Bey |
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Gravestone. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Tourbet el-Bey |
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The dome. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Ornate yellow door. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Dar Ben Abdallah Museum |
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The Dar Ben Abdallah Museum is set in a former palace dating from 1796. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Dar Ben Abdallah Museum |
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The palace is highly decorated. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Dar Ben Abdallah Museum |
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The tilework. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Dar Ben Abdallah Museum |
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Kitchen. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Dar Ben Abdallah Museum |
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Ottoman furniture. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Dar Ben Abdallah Museum |
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The ceiling is very ornate. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Dar Ben Abdallah Museum |
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The museum features several Ottoman rooms. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Dar Ben Abdallah Museum |
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Writing tablets. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
Dar Ben Abdallah Museum |
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The courtyard features several blue doors. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Bab Jedid is the only Hafsid gate still standing. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Metalware workshop. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Typical column decoration in the covered souq. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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Vaulted passageway. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
Medina |
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The birth house of Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), a historian who was given free passage from Syria by the invading Tamerlane. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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The Bardo Museum features sculpture from Carthage. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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The museum is in a former palace. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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The palace dome. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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The Phoenician goddess, Tanit, has a lion head and an Egyptian influenced feather dress. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Clay funeral mask from Carthage. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Funeral mask from Carthage. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Stele with carved figures. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Carthaginian funeral mask. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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A terracotta figure showing a voyage to the underworld. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Alibaster jar. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Head of the Roman Emperor, Lucius Verus. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Small lamp in the shape of a bearded man's head. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Jar with female face. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Terracotta figure. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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The Greek Sun god, Apollo. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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A 6th century cross-shaped baptismal font. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Islamic courtyard. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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The Bardo Museum is famous for its mosaics. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Early Christian mosaic with Latin script. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Examples of early Christian mosaics. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Early Christian mosaic. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaic of a boar, a dog and a rabbit. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaic of Virgil holding a copy of The Aeniad and flanked by the muses Clio (History) and Melpomene (Tragedy). |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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4th century marine themed mosaic from Carthage. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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4th century mosaic from Carthage with sea creatures and nymphs. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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4th century mosaic from Carthage with sea monsters. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Roman mosaic of fishermen from the Mausoleum of Thuburbo Majus. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaics from the Roman site of El-Jem. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaic from El-Jem. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Birds and plants on a mosaic from the Mausoleum of Thuburbo Majus. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaic of peacock with plants. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaic showing Odysseus tied to his ship while Sirens call out to him. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Detail of the Sirens calling out to Odysseus. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaic of Dionysus as a boy with Silenius turning pirates into dolphins. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaic of potted grape vines. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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"The Triumph of Neptune" (from Dougga). |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Detail from "The Triumph of Neptune" mosaic. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaic from Utica with fishing scene. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Fishing scene. |
2004 |
| Tunisia |
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Tunis |
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Bardo Museum |
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Mosaic of a semi-naked Venus with female centaurs. |
2004 |
were added from 24 August 2021.