World Heritage in Tunisia
World Heritage Sites in Tunisia |
The world heritage in Tunisia (as of 2017) includes eight UNESCO world heritage sites , including seven world cultural heritage sites and one world natural heritage site. Tunisia ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1975, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1979. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 1997.
World heritage sites
The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Tunisia in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).
Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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Medina of Tunis ( location ) |
1979 | K | 36 | ||
Archaeological site of Carthage ( location ) |
1979 | K | 37 | Carthage was a large city near today's Tunis , at times up to 400,000 inhabitants lived here. The city was founded in the ninth or eighth century BC. Founded. In 689, after the Byzantine defeat in the Battle of Carthage , the city was destroyed. | |
Amphitheater of El Djem | 1979 | K | 38 | ||
Ichkeul National Park | 1980 | N | 8th | ||
Punic city of Kerkuan and its necropolis | 1985 | K | 332 | ||
Sousse medina | 1988 | K | 498 | ||
Kairouan | 1988 | K | 499 | includes the old town ( medina ), the Zaouia Sidi Sahab tomb and the Aghlabid basins | |
Dougga / Thugga | 1997 | K | 794 |
Tentative list
The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .
Current World Heritage candidates
As of 2020, 14 sites are entered in the tentative list of Tunisia, the last entry was made in 2020. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year they were included in the tentative list.
Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM
Former World Heritage candidates
These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.
Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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Djebel Chambi National Park ( location ) |
1978-1988 | N | 7th | ||
National Park Islands Zembra and Zembretta ( location ) |
1978-1979 | N | 8th | ||
Ellès megalithic complexes | 1985-1994 | K | |||
Site of Ben Jasla | 1985-1994 | K | |||
Ksar Haddada | 1988-1996 | K | |||
Bulla Regia houses with cellars | 1988-1996 | K | |||
Matmata | 1988-1996 | K | |||
Ribat of Monastir | 1988-1996 | K | Ribat fortress in the city of Monastir | ||
Sbeitla archaeological site | 1988-1996 | K | Excavations of the Roman city of Sufetula near today's city of Sbeitla | ||
Chenini | 1988-1996 | K | |||
Andalusian city test tour | 1988-1996 | K | City founded in the 16th century by Spanish Moors expelled from Andalusia over the remains of the ancient town of Tichilla. |
Web links
- Tunisia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tunisia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 .
- ^ Tentative list of Tunisia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 .
- ^ Former Tentative Sites of Tunisia. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 28, 2017 (English).