HERITAGE RECORD · 036

Medina of Tunis

突尼斯的阿拉伯人聚居区

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

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 Islamic world. Some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains, testify to this remarkable past.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ3106527 ↗

Area296.41 ha

Administrative areaQ3572

WikipediaMedina of Tunis ↗

Chinese Wikipedia突尼斯市的阿拉伯老城 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

Cultural archive

Record lead

UNESCO record lead

Brief synthesis 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.

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