Tunisia UNESCO sites (with map)
Carthage, the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Islamic period are all represented on Tunisia’s list of UNESCO sites.
Use the map to get to each site’s page (those in red), or use the list below. Tunisia’s list of proposed UNESCO sites are below as well.
Archaeological Site of Carthage
Ruins of the heart of a great trading empire and cultural hub.
Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory
An island whose inhabitants adapted their settlements to the natural conditions, and where different cultures coexisted peacefully.
Amphitheatre of El Jem
A huge Roman-era arena built for entertainment in a colony of the Roman Empire.
Medina of Tunis
The ancient center of Tunis, with about 700 monuments dating to the 12th-16th century: mosques, gates, markets, palaces, noble houses, and more.
Dougga / Thugga
Ichkeul National Park
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
Kairouan
Medina of Sousse
Village of Sidi Bou Saïd
Tunisia’s list of tentative UNESCO sites
Cultural sites
- Rammadiya d’El Magtaa (El Mekta), le site princeps de la culture capsienne
- Le site archéologique de Sbeïtla
- Habitat troglodytique et le monde des ksour du Sud tunisien
- Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthage
- Les carrières antiques de marbre numidique de Chimtou
- Frontières de l’Empire romain : Limes du Sud tunisien
- Médina de Sfax
- Les Mausolées Royaux de Numidie, de la Maurétanie et les monuments funéraires pré-islamiques
Natural sites
- Le Permien marin de Jebel Tebaga
- Le Stratotype de la limite Crétacé-Tertiaire (limite K-T)
- Parc National d’El Feija
- Parc National de Bouhedma
- Chott El Jerid
Mixed sites
- La Table de Jugurtha à Kalaat-Senen
- Oasis de Gabès