Le Bardo
| Le Bardo باردو |
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| Governorate | Tunis | ||
| Post Code | 2000-2017 | ||
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| population | 73,953 pop (2004) | ||
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 49 ′ N , 10 ° 8 ′ E | ||
Le Bardo ( Arabic باردو Bardaw ; Alternative spellings Bardo ) is a suburb of Tunis , which is four kilometers west of the Tunisian capital. The place was founded around 1250 by the Hafsiden . Today it has around 70,000 inhabitants.
Le Bardo is home to the largest archaeological museum in Tunisia , the Bardo Museum , which has the world's most important collection of Roman mosaics and which is housed in the rooms of the former harem of the Bardo Palace , which was the private residence of Mohammad Bey in the mid-19th century was built.
In 1908 took electric tram into operation in Le Bardo.
population
Le Bardo has 73,953 inhabitants (2006 calculation).
Population development:
| year | Residents |
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| 1984 (census) | 65,669 |
| 1994 (census) | 72,700 |
| 2000 (official estimate) | 74,230 |
| 2006 (calculation) | 73,953 |
Personalities
- Jean Vuarnet (1933–2017), French ski racer
- Anis Boussaïdi (* 1981), football player
literature
- G. Magi, P. Fabbri: Art and History of Tunisia. Casa Editrice Bonechi, Florence 2008, ISBN 978-88-476-2179-4
Web links
Commons : Bardo - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
