Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Tunis, Tunisia
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7.7 km
132 m
Experience Tunis in Tunisia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in TunisIndividual Sights in TunisSight 1: Cirque de Carthage
The Circus of Carthage is a Roman circus in Carthage, in present-day Tunisia. Used for chariot racing, it was modeled on the Circus Maximus in Rome and other circus buildings throughout the Roman Empire. Measuring more than 470 m in length and 30 m in width, it could house up to 45,000 spectators, roughly one third of the Circus Maximus.
Sight 2: Bib Knissia Basilica
The Carthage Paleo-Christian Museum is an archaeological museum of Paleochristian artifacts, located in Carthage, Tunisia. Built on an excavation site, it lies above the former Carthaginian basilica.
Sight 3: حي ماغون
Mago was a Carthaginian writer, author of an agricultural manual in Punic which was a record of the farming knowledge of Carthage. The Punic text has been lost, but some fragments of Greek and Latin translations survive.
Sight 4: Antoninus Therms
The Baths of Antoninus or Baths of Carthage, located in Carthage, Tunisia, are the largest set of Roman thermae built on the African continent and one of three largest built in the Roman Empire. They are the largest outside mainland Italy. The baths are also the only remaining Thermae of Carthage that dates back to the Roman Empire's era. The baths were built during the reign of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.
Sight 5: Mosaico de caballos
The Mosaic of the Horses is a mosaic from the Roman period about twelve meters long by nine meters wide, found in 1960 at the archaeological site of Carthage, near the building with columns. Later it was moved to the Odeon hill, very close to the Roman house called Villa de la Pajarera.
Sight 6: Odeon
![Odeon](/static/images/wikipedia/Tunisia_Tunis_Odeon.jpg)
Approximately 100 years after the destruction of Punic Carthage in 146 BC, a new city of the same name was built on the same land by the Romans in the period from 49 to 44 BC. By the 3rd century, Carthage had developed into one of the largest cities of the Roman Empire, with a population of several hundred thousand. It was the center of the Roman province of Africa, which was a major breadbasket of the empire. Carthage briefly became the capital of a usurper, Domitius Alexander, in 308–311. Conquered by the Vandals in 439, Carthage served as the capital of the Vandal Kingdom for a century. Re-conquered by the Eastern Roman Empire in 533–534, it continued to serve as an Eastern Roman regional center, as the seat of the praetorian prefecture of Africa. The city was sacked and destroyed by Umayyad Arab forces after the Battle of Carthage in 698 to prevent it from being reconquered by the Byzantine Empire. A fortress on the site was garrisoned by Muslim forces until the Hafsid period, when it was captured by Crusaders during the Eighth Crusade. After the withdrawal of the Crusaders, the Hafsids decided to destroy the fortress to prevent any future use by a hostile power. Roman Carthage was used as a source of building materials for Kairouan and Tunis in the 8th century.
Wikipedia: Odeon hill and park of the Roman villas of Carthage (EN)
Sight 7: Carthage National Museum
Book Ticket*Carthage National Museum is a national museum in Byrsa, Tunisia. Along with the Bardo National Museum, it is one of the two main local archaeological museums in the region. The edifice sits atop Byrsa Hill, in the heart of the city of Carthage. Founded in 1875, it houses many archaeological items from the Punic era and other periods.
Sight 8: Saint Louis Cathedral
![Saint Louis Cathedral](/static/images/wikipedia/Tunisia_Tunis_Saint-Louis-Cathedral.jpg)
The Acropolium, also known as Saint Louis Cathedral, is a former Roman Catholic church located in Carthage, Tunisia.
Sight 9: Mâlik ibn Anas Mosque
![Mâlik ibn Anas Mosque](/static/images/wikipedia/Tunisia_Tunis_Mâlik-ibn-Anas-Mosque.jpg)
Malik Bin Anas Mosque The mosque is located in Carthage and consists of a prayer house with an area of 1200 m² that can accommodate 1700 worshipers, a square courtyard that surveys 1500 m² and spaces of various functions exceeding 3000 m².
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