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Other historical places
Sousse - catacombs - dating back to the sizeable Christian presence in the 3rd century ce
The tunnels originally stretched for more than 5 km, and contains 15,000 graves.
A few graves have been exposed and the skeletons can be seen.
Sousse - catacombs
Tunis - Christian Cathedral
Kairouan - The Aghlabid Pools
The Aghlabid Pools consists of two large cisterns built by the Aghlabids in 896 AD to hold the city’s water supply. In the center of the larger pool, you could still see the remains of pillars that once supported a pavilion where the rulers would come to relax on summer evenings.
Kairouan - the old Islamic school for children
Kairouan - bir barouta
camel pumping (holy) water from spring of bir barouta
Kairouan - muslim cemetery
In front of the Great Mosque - cemetery restricted to descendents of the family of the Prophet
Mahdia - large marine cemetery
and the Phenician port
Monastir - the Mausoleum of Habib Bourgiba (first president)
Sousse - historical port
It served as a base for pirates in medieval times..
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