Monastir (Tunisia)
| Monastir المنستير |
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 Tunisia
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| Governorate | Monastir | ||
| Post Code | 5000-5079 | ||
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| population | 71,546 pop (2004) | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 46 ′ N , 10 ° 50 ′ E | ||
Monastir ( Arabic المنستير, DMG al-munastīr from ancient Greek : μοναστήριον monastérion ; compare Kloster / Münster ) is a coastal city in Tunisia with 71,546 inhabitants (2004 census) and the capital of the governorate of the same name . It is located in the south of the Gulf of Hammamet , 20 km east of Sousse and 162 km south of Tunis .
history
Along with Kairouan and Sousse, Monastir is one of the first Arab settlements founded in Ifrīqiya and was built on the ruins of the ancient Phoenician-Roman city of Ruspina . The fortress of Monastir ( Ribat ) was on the orders of the Abbasid - Caliph Harun al-Rashid built in 796 to protect against attacks by the Byzantine fleets in the Mediterranean and was with the Ribat of Sousse considered the most important fort along the Tunisian coast (Sahel). According to local historical news from the early 10th century, the stay in this ribat - known as al-qaṣr al-kabīr = the Great Fortress - was particularly meritorious: a three-day post service in Monastir guaranteed everyone a place in paradise. The fortress was therefore regarded by fighters and ascetics alike as a kind of place of pilgrimage and meditation on religious occasions, such as the Ashura festival and the fasting month of Ramadan .
A small mosque with a mihrāb was housed on the upper floor of the southeast wing . Today these rooms are used as a museum with exhibits from the region and Kairouan .
Today Monastir is an important university town with, for example, a medical faculty. One fifth of their population are students. With Sousse and Sfax , the city and its port developed into a hub for the olive oil trade . It has been one of the most important centers of the tourism industry in Tunisia since the mid-1960s.
sons and daughters of the town
Monastir is the birthplace of the former Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba (1903-2000), in whose honor a mosque ( Dschâmi 'Burqîba ) and a mausoleum ( Turbat Âl Burqîba ) were built, and whose former palace is on the road to Monastir Airport, which also bears his name.
- Gaston Bouthoul (1896–1980), sociologist
- Hédi Nouira (1911–1993), politician
- Mohamed Mzali (1925-2010), politician
- Abdelwahab Abdallah (* 1940), politician
- Oualid Ben-Amor (* 1976), handball player
- Jawhar Mnari (* 1976), football player
- Adli Lachheb (* 1987), soccer player
- Amel Majri (* 1993), soccer player
Town twinning
Blank or unfinished
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Dushanbe , Tajikistan
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Saint-Étienne , France , there has been an official cultural cooperation since 2012.
traffic
Monastir is part of the network of the national railway SNCFT . With the so-called Métro du Sahel , Monastir is connected to Mahdia on the one hand and Sousse on the other.
The Monastir Airport is located eight kilometers from the city center. The most important tourist airport in Tunisia until 2011, it has lost much of its importance after the opening of Enfidha Airport .
Trivia
In the Ribāt of Monastir, large parts of the film The Life of Brian by the British comedian group Monty Python were filmed from 1978 to 1979 .
literature
- Alexandre Lézine: Le ribat de Sousse, suivi de notes sur le ribat de Monastir . Tunis 1956.
- Heinz Halm: News on buildings of the Alabids and Fatimids in Libya and Tunisia. In: Die Welt des Orients 23 (1992) 129 ff.
- The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition . Vol. VII.S. 227-229. Suffer. Brill 1993. ISBN 90-04-09419-9 .
Web links
- http://www.tourismtunisia.com/togo/monastir/monastir.html (English)
- http://www.heini.de/monastir.htm (52 uncommented photos)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Institut National de la Statistique - Tunisie: Census 2004 ( Memento of the original of February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . ( french )
- ^ Regions: Dushanbe & Surroundings . Archived from the original on November 22, 2012. 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. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ↑ Partenariat "l'art of fils" entre Monastir et Saint-Etienne . Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. 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. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.sncft.com.tn/fr/banlieue_sahel/presentation.html
