Sfax, Tunisia

Medina of Sfax

Medina of Sfax, Sfax

Laid out between 849 and 851 under the Aghlabids, this walled town spans roughly 24 hectares behind ramparts 2,750 meters long. Among the best-preserved medieval medinas in North Africa, it survived the bombing of the Second World War nearly intact.

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Location

Coordinates: 34.73477, 10.76223

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