Salakta
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سلقطة Salakta |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 24 ' N , 11 ° 3' E | ||
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| Country | Tunisia | ||
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| Delegation (Tunisia) | Ksour Essef | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | TN-53 | ||
| Residents | 3477 (2004) | ||
 Excavations in Salakta.
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Salakta (سلقطة) is a small Tunisian port city on the Mediterranean . The name is derived from the Latin Sullecthum and means roughly "the selected place".
history
Salakta has a checkered history and was occupied or ruled by many different peoples. The most important influences come from the Puners , Romans , Byzantines and the Muslim Hafsids .
In the Roman period Salakta was an important trading port; for the Byzantines the place was of strategic relevance during the Restauratio imperii under Justinian I : Belisarius invasion of Africa began during the Vandal War in 533 not far from Salakta on Caput Vada . Before the Muslim expansion, Salakta was a bishopric. The perished diocese was re-established in 1933 as the Roman Catholic titular bishopric Sullectum . Ulrich Boom , Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Würzburg , has been Titular Bishop of Sullectum since 2008 .
During the Second World War , both the French army and the German Africa Corps maintained a military base here.
Sightseeing and tourism
Worth seeing and visiting are the beaches, the catacombs , an ancient cemetery and the archaeological museum founded in 1980. The museum shows excavation finds from the area, in particular terracotta and a large mosaic of a Berber lion . The mosaic is about 3 meters high and dates from the 3rd century. In the vicinity there are necropolises of the megalithic culture .
Although Salakta does not play a particularly important role in foreign tourism, it is still one of the oldest historical sites in the country. Most of the ancient settlement is now below sea level. The population of Salakta grew from a few hundred people to a few thousand today, not least due to tourism and the attractiveness of the beaches.
Others
An Internet portal for French-speaking Tunisians is named after Salakta, as the town is one of the most beautiful places in Tunisia and is associated with nature and tradition, relaxation and homecoming.
Web links
- Salakta Archaeological Museum .
- salakta.com : Le Portail des Tunisiens Francophones.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Institut National de la Statistique: Census 2004. ( Memento of the original of September 24, 2015 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.
- ^ Entry on Sullectum on catholic-hierarchy.org
