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  • Matmata

  • Matmata

    Matmata is a small Berber town in southern Tunisia. The structures typical for the village are created by digging a large pit in the ground. Around the perimeter of this pit artificial caves are then dug to be used as rooms, with some homes comprising multiple pits, connected by trench-like passageways.
    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
    Matmata
    by Arian Zwegers, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Matmata
    by China Crisis, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Matmata
    by Leon petrosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 365 m

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    Matmata

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2020

    city

    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Tunisia

    Gabès

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    18th Century AD

    Berber

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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