Medina of Tunis

World Heritage

Tunisia

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Under the Almohad and Hafsid dynasties, from the 12th to the 16th century, Tunis was considered one of the greatest and richest cities in the Islamic world. Some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains bear witness to this glorious past.

Street network of the Tunis medina

Zitouna Mosque Court

Minaret of mosque Hammouda-Pacha

Facade of the mausoleum of Hammouda Pasha, part of his mosque

Bir lahjar Street

Evening at Ramdhane Bey Square

Door in the medina

Youssef Dey Mosquee (First half of the 17th century)

Vestibule of Dar Othman

Bab Sidi Kacem

El Halfaouine street

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Information extracted from Wikidata

image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terrasses%20de%20la%20m%C3%A9dina%20de%20Tunis.jpg
instance of	urban area
executive body	Medina of Tunis
ELSTAT geographical code	tunis-medina
Commons category	Medina of Tunis
coordinate location	Point(10.1700595 36.7990274)
start time	2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
point in time	2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
area	296.41
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (v)
Atlas Obscura identifier	tunis-medina

start time	1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time	1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	مدينة تونس القديمة
official name	Medina of Tunis
official name	Medina de Túnez
official name	Médina de Tunis
official name	チュニス旧市街
official name	Medina van Tunis
official name	Медина (старая часть) города Тунис
official name	突尼斯的阿拉伯人聚居区
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (v)
area	190.19
applies to part	buffer zone