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Tunis

Tunis is the capital and largest city in Tunisia. It is situated 10km inland from the Gulf of Tunis on the shores of a lake linked to the Mediterranean Sea. An ancient city whose history goes back to Punic times, Tunis flourished as part of the Roman Empire, and after the destruction of Carthode in the 7th century it became the second city in Afriqiya, a province of the Arab Empire.

In the 16th century under Ottoman rule, Tunis became the center of the Barbary Coast, a base for piracy against European ships in the Mediterranean. Today it is a city of contrasts between the ancient Medina and the modern metropolis that holds an interesting mixture of European North African cultures.

 



 

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