Avenue Habib Bourguiba (Tunis)
The Avenue Habib Bourguiba ( in Arabic شارع الحبيب بورقيبة, DMG Šāriʿ al-Ḥabīb Bū-Ruqaiba ) is one of the main streets of the Tunisian capital Tunis . It is named after the first president of Tunisia and one of the city's most important arteries. In many other Tunisian cities there are central main streets that are named after Bourguiba. The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul is located here.
The road initially crosses the eastern part of the new town, which was built during the colonization by France and is located between the old town and the lake of Tunis . Here the street is divided by a promenade with two parallel rows of trees. Small shops, bars, newspaper and florists can be found under the trees. On the outer sides of the avenue are colonial buildings such as the Art Nouveau theater , which give an idea of the splendor of bygone times, and modern commercial buildings, which document the progress in the city. Expensive shops and boutiques as well as cafes can also be found here. Avenue Habib Bourguiba leads to the walled Arabian old town, the medina , which is on the UNESCO list of world cultural assets.
During the 2011 Tunisian revolution , Habib Bourguiba Avenue became one of the main theaters of demonstrations and clashes during the upheaval. Symbolic institutions in the street, especially the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior, were repeatedly the target of protests, in which numerous people were killed. The events were reflected in the streetscape in the months after the revolution, among other things through the strong presence of security forces and the cordoning off of several areas with barbed wire , but also through the spread of political graffiti . In addition, a central square on Habib Bourguiba Avenue near the Ministry of the Interior was named after January 14, the day when former President Zine el-Abidine Ben Alis escaped .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hole, Abigail; Grosberg, Michael; Robinson, Daniel: Tunisia. Lonely Planet ISBN 978-1-74059-920-7 , p. 215
- ^ David Hoffman: Avenue Habib Bourguiba - Tunis, Tunisia. (No longer available online.) FP Foreign Policy, archived from the original on March 11, 2012 ; Retrieved April 17, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Anthony Ham: Lonely Planet Africa . Lonely Planet, 2010, ISBN 978-1-74104-988-6 , pp. 218 f . ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed April 17, 2011]).
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt: Wave of refugees: Tunisia, land of the impatient. February 14, 2011
- ↑ TAZ: The end of secrecy. June 26, 2011
- ↑ The Standard: Revolution and Tourism. February 20, 2011
