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  • Chenini

  • Chenini

    Chenini is a ruined Berber village located in Tataouine Governorate in southern Tunisia. The village was a fortified granary (Ksar Chenini), that was built by North African Berber communities.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Cave dwelling and the world of ksour in southern Tunisia.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Chenini
    by Andy Carvin, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 476 m

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    Chenini

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2020

    city

    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Tunisia

    Tataouine

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    12th Century AD

    Berber

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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