Tamezret

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Tamezret

Tamezret is a Berber village located in Gabès Governorate, Tunisia. The village was built on the four slopes of one of the highest hills in the Matmata Mountains and it contains several houses with cave dwellings carved into the rock.

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Country: Tunisia

District: Gabès Governorate

Category: Historic Cities and Regions

Site History: 10th Century AD

Oldest Culture: Berber

Later Cultures: Berber

Site Features: Berber Monuments

UNESCO Tentative List

Part of: Cave dwelling and the world of ksour in southern Tunisia

Date of Submission: 2020

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