World Heritage in Tunisia

Tunis Carthage Amphitheater of El Djem Ichkeul National Park Kerkouane Sousse Kairouan Thugga

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
(more pictures)	Medina of Tunis ( location )	1979	K	36
(more pictures)	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

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	El Feija National Park ( location )	2008	N	5383
(more pictures)	Bou Hedma National Park ( location )	2008	N	5384
(more pictures)	Chott el Djerid ( location )	2008	N	5385
(more pictures)	Gabès oasis ( location )	2008	K / N	5386
Pillar tomb in Thugga	Royal mausoleums of Numidia and Mauritania as well as pre-Islamic funerary monuments	2012	K	5684	with the Numidian necropolis of Simitthu , the pillar tomb in Thugga , the megalithic systems of Ellès , the megalithic systems of Maktar and the Numidian mausoleum of Henchir Bourgou / Djerba
	Zaghouan Aqueduct	2012	K	5685
	Djerba island	2012	K	5686
	Ancient Numidian Marble Quarries from Simitthu	2012	K	5687	at the ancient city of Simitthu
Small fort Tisavar	Borders of the Roman Empire: the Limes in southern Tunisia	2012	K	5688	with the barrage of Bir Oum Ali , the barrage in the narrows of the Djebel Tebaga , the small fort Tisavar , the Centenarium Tibubuci , the small fort Benia Guedah Ceder and the small fort Benia bel Recheb
	Medina of Sfax	2012	K	5689
	Marines Perm of the Djebel Tebaga	2016	N	6087	The Djebel Tebaga consists of marine sedimentary rocks from the Upper Permian
	Cretaceous-tertiary boundary stratotype	2016	N	6088	Stratotype ( GSSP ) for the border between the Cretaceous and the Tertiary on the edge of the Wadi Mallègue in the Kef governorate
	Table de Jugurtha	2017	K / N	6278	The 1271 m high Table Mountain is said to have been the last retreat of the Numid king Jugurtha before the Romans .
	Cave dwellings and the world of the ksar in southern Tunisia	2020	K	6444	Several ksars , u. a .: Ksar Ouled Soltane and Ksar Haddada

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
(more pictures)	Djebel Chambi National Park ( location )	1978-1988	N	7th
(more pictures)	National Park Islands Zembra and Zembretta ( location )	1978-1979	N	8th
	Ellès megalithic complexes	1985-1994	K
	Site of Ben Jasla	1985-1994	K
(more pictures)	Ksar Haddada	1988-1996	K
(more pictures)	Bulla Regia houses with cellars	1988-1996	K
(more pictures)	Matmata	1988-1996	K
(more pictures)	Ribat of Monastir	1988-1996	K		Ribat fortress in the city of Monastir
(more pictures)	Sbeitla archaeological site	1988-1996	K		Excavations of the Roman city of Sufetula near today's city of Sbeitla
(more pictures)	Chenini	1988-1996	K
(more pictures)	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

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Tunisia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tunisia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tunisia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Tunisia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Tunisia. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 28, 2017 (English). 

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