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  • Monastir

  • Monastir

    Monastir is a city on the central coast of, Tunisia. It was founded on the ruins of the Punic-Roman city of Ruspina. The city features a well preserved Ribat that was used to scan the sea for hostile ships as a defence against the attacks of the Byzantine fleet. The Great Mosque of Monastir, which is located near the Ribat, is dating from the 9th century AD.
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    Monastir
    by GIRAUD Patrick, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
    Monastir
    by Wael Ghabara, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Monastir
    by Monastir, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Monastir

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Tunisia

    Monastir

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    First Millennium BC

    Ancient Carthage

    Roman + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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