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image by Ivan Sache, 16 April 2017
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The flag of city of Tunis can be seen at
http://highlights.com.tn/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/R%C3%A9union-mairie1.jpg.
Tomislav Šipek, 15 April 2017
The arms feature the Zitouna mosque, the oldest mosque in Tunis, allegedly
built in the 8th century near an olive-tree ("zitoun"). The minaret, of 84 m in
height, was erected in 1984. The mosque is located in the old town (medina) of
Tunis, which is inscribed on the UNECO World's Heritage List:
Located in
a fertile plain region of north-eastern Tunisia, and a few kilometres from the
sea, the Medina of Tunis is one of the first Arabo-Muslim towns of the Maghreb
(698 A.D.). Capital of several universally influential dynasties, it represents
a human settlement that bears witness to the interaction between architecture,
urbanism and the effects of socio-cultural and economic changes of earlier
cultures. Under the Almohads and the Hafsids, from the 12th to the 16th century,
Tunis was considered one of the greatest and wealthiest cities in the Arab
world. Numerous testimonies from this and earlier periods exist today. Between
the 16th and 19th centuries, new powers endowed the city with numerous palaces
and residences, great mosques, zaouias and madrasas.
The inscribed
property covers an area of approximately 280 ha and comprises all the features
of an Arabo-Muslim city. It is composed of the central medina (8th century) and
suburbs to the North and South (13th century). There are some 700 historic
monuments, distributed in 7 areas, among which the most remarkable are the
Zitouna Mosque, the Kasbah Mosque, the Youssef Dey Mosque, Bab Jedid Gate, Bab
Bhar Gate, the Souq el-Attarine, the Dar el-Bey, Souqs ech-Chaouachia, the
Tourbet (family cemetery) el Bey, noble houses such as Dar Hussein, Dar Ben
Abdallah, Dar Lasram, the Medrasa Es- Slimanya and El-
Mouradia, the El
Attarine military barracks and the Zaouia of Sidi Mehrez.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/36
- Full record
Ivan Sache, 16 April 2017
image by BlinxCat, 22 May 2022
In Nick Artimovich's collection (https://www.flickr.com/photos/artimovich/4855175139/in/album-72157631595544449/)
is a striped "Tunis" flag that I've never seen before.
Flag appears to be 5
green stripes and 5 light yellow (or white) stripes and the only surviving flag
of this seems to be in Nick's collection and is in severely poor condition.
BlinxCat, 22 May 2022
