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Српски / srpski; ... Pages in category "Tunis" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Tunis is the transcription of the Arabic name تونس which can be pronounced as "Tūnus", "Tūnas", or "Tūnis". All three variations were mentioned by the 12th-century Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in his Mu'jam al-Bûldan (Dictionary of Countries). Different explanations exist for the origin of the name Tunis.
Tunis is the capital and the largest city (population over 800,000); it is near the ancient site of the city of Carthage. Throughout its recorded history, the physical features and environment of the land of Tunisia have remained fairly constant, although during ancient times more abundant forests grew in the north, [ 2 ] and earlier in ...
Српски / srpski; Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски ... Tunis (13 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Cities in Tunisia" The following 39 pages are in this ...
The city of Tunis is built on a hill slope down to the lake of Tunis. These hills contain places such as Notre-Dame de Tunis, Ras Tabia, La Rabta, La Kasbah, Montfleury and La Manoubia with altitudes just above 50 metres (160 feet). The city is located at the crossroads of a narrow strip of land between Lake Tunis and Séjoumi. [135]
The French protectorate of Tunisia (French: Protectorat français de Tunisie; Arabic: الحماية الفرنسية في تونس al-ḥimāya al-Fransīya fī Tūnis), officially the Regency of Tunis [1] [2] [b] (French: Régence de Tunis) and commonly referred to as simply French Tunisia, was established in 1881, during the French colonial empire era, and lasted until Tunisian independence ...
1534 – Conquest of Tunis by Hayreddin Barbarossa; Ottomans in power. 1535 Conquest of Tunis by Spanish Empire. [1] Fortress built at La Goulette. 1574 – Conquest of Tunis by Ottomans. [3] 1609 – 80,000 Moriscos arrive in Tunis after expulsion from Spain, the highest number since 1492. 1624 – Soubhan Allah Mosque built (approximate date).
The Hammouda-Pacha mosque, built in 1655, was the second mosque of the Hanefite rite built in Tunis while the Sidi Mahrez mosque is the largest mosque of this type in the country. Built from 1692 to 1697, it is Ottoman-inspired and recalls some Istanbul mosques such as the Blue Mosque (erected between 1609 and 1616) and the Yeni Valide ...