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Roots Earth in Tunis: audio stories about 46 places

Roots Earth has audio stories about 46 places in Tunis, Tunisia, in Africa. The Tunis stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Tunis, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people.

The 46 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026.

Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: tunis.md

The 46 places in Tunis with audio stories

In the order the app shows them.

  1. Al-Zaytuna Mosque
  2. Medina of Tunis
  3. Bardo National Museum
  4. Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul
  5. Avenue Habib Bourguiba
  6. Bab el Bhar
  7. Kasbah Square
  8. Place de la Victoire
  9. Municipal Theatre of Tunis
  10. Kasbah Mosque
  11. Hammouda Pasha Mosque
  12. Youssef Dey Mosque
  13. Sidi Mahrez Mosque
  14. Ksar Mosque
  15. Al-Hawa Mosque
  16. Dar Hussein
  17. Dar Ben Abdallah
  18. Dar el Bey
  19. Dar Lasram
  20. Dar Othman
  21. Tourbet el Bey
  22. Souk El Attarine
  23. Souk El Berka
  24. Carthage
  25. Acropolium of Carthage
  26. Sidi Bou Said
  27. La Goulette
  28. La Marsa
  29. Ksar Saïd Palace
  30. Sadiki College
  31. Bab Souika
  32. Halfaouine
  33. Bab Saadoun
  34. Bab El Khadra
  35. Belvedere Park
  36. El Menzah
  37. Jellaz Cemetery
  38. Montfleury
  39. Radès
  40. El Menzah Stadium
  41. Hammadi Agrebi Stadium
  42. Tunis-Carthage International Airport
  43. Le Bardo
  44. Hafsia Quarter
  45. Souk El Trouk
  46. Lafayette

Is there an audio guide for Al-Zaytuna Mosque?

Yes. Al-Zaytuna Mosque has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian.

It is place 1 of the 46 Tunis places in the app, at 36.7972, 10.1711. Every one of the other 45 places in the list above has the same two stories.

Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself.

How to use Roots Earth in Tunis

Open Roots Earth and choose Tunis. The city has its own map of places with all 46 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order.

You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.

In full

All 46 places in Tunis, in the app's order, with their coordinates.

All 46 places in Tunis, with coordinates

Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print.

1. Al-Zaytuna Mosque

Coordinates
36.7972, 10.1711
In one line
The great mosque at the heart of the Tunis medina, founded around 698 and rebuilt by the Aghlabids in the 9th century. Its columned prayer hall and ancient university shaped North African religious learning for centuries.

2. Medina of Tunis

Coordinates
36.81667, 10.16667
In one line
Tunisia's ancient walled old city, founded around 698 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Its maze of souks, palaces, mosques, and madrasas holds some 700 monuments and remains a living quarter of the modern capital.

3. Bardo National Museum

Coordinates
36.80944, 10.13444
In one line
Tunisia's premier museum, opened in 1888 inside a former beylical palace at Le Bardo. It holds one of the world's largest collections of Roman mosaics, including the famous Virgil mosaic, beneath painted ceilings and gilded domes.

4. Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul

Coordinates
36.8, 10.17889
In one line
The Roman Catholic cathedral of Tunis, built from 1893 and opened in 1897 during the French protectorate. Its eclectic blend of Byzantine, Moorish, and Gothic styles rises in pale ochre stone over the busy Place de l'Indépendance.

5. Avenue Habib Bourguiba

Coordinates
36.800054, 10.185184
In one line
The grand central boulevard of Tunis, laid out under the French protectorate and often called the Champs-Élysées of the city. Its tree-lined median, cafes, and colonial facades made it the stage for the 2011 revolution.

6. Bab el Bhar

Coordinates
36.799165, 10.175618
In one line
An old gate of the Tunis medina, also called the Porte de France, rebuilt in 1848. Now a freestanding stone arch on Place de la Victoire, it marks the historic threshold between the old walled city and the colonial new town.

7. Kasbah Square

Coordinates
36.797694, 10.166778
In one line
The political heart of Tunis, set on the site of the old Hafsid citadel above the medina. The square fronts government ministries and the city hall, and holds the 22-meter National Monument, completed in 1989.

8. Place de la Victoire

Coordinates
36.799, 10.1757
In one line
Place de la Victoire is the open square at the eastern edge of the Tunis medina, framed by the freestanding stone arch of Bab el Bhar. It marks the threshold where the old walled city meets the colonial new town.

9. Municipal Theatre of Tunis

Coordinates
36.79917, 10.18083
In one line
The Municipal Theatre of Tunis is a sculpted white Art Nouveau hall on Avenue Habib Bourguiba, opened in 1902. Once the Municipal Casino, it now stages opera, ballet, symphonic concerts, and drama for some 1,350 spectators.

10. Kasbah Mosque

Coordinates
36.79667, 10.16778
In one line
The Kasbah Mosque crowns the citadel quarter of Tunis, built between 1230 and 1233 by the first Hafsid ruler. Its square stone minaret, covered in lozenge sebka patterns, echoes the great Almohad towers of Marrakesh.

11. Hammouda Pasha Mosque

Coordinates
36.79833, 10.17083
In one line
The Hammouda Pasha Mosque, built in 1655 on Sidi Ben Arous street, was the second mosque in Tunis to follow the Ottoman Hanafi rite. Its slender octagonal minaret and marble ornament mark the arrival of Ottoman taste in the medina.

12. Youssef Dey Mosque

Coordinates
36.79694, 10.16944
In one line
The Youssef Dey Mosque, founded by Yusuf Dey in the early 17th century, raised the first octagonal minaret in Tunis. It introduced the Ottoman Hanafi mosque to the city and shelters its founder's marble mausoleum.

13. Sidi Mahrez Mosque

Coordinates
36.80417, 10.16833
In one line
The Sidi Mahrez Mosque, built in the 1690s for the patron saint of Tunis, is the city's great Ottoman domed mosque. Its central cupola and corner domes, dressed with Iznik tiles, echo the imperial mosques of Istanbul.

14. Ksar Mosque

Coordinates
36.79528, 10.16972
In one line
The Ksar Mosque, founded in the early 12th century beside an old palace quarter, is among the oldest mosques in the Tunis medina. Its Maghrebi minaret was added in the 17th century, and its broad mihrab carries a Fatimid-style fluted half-dome.

15. Al-Hawa Mosque

Coordinates
36.79278, 10.16528
In one line
A 13th-century Hafsid mosque founded around 1252 by Princess Atf, widow of sultan Abu Zakariya. Its name means "the breeze." A hushed hypostyle hall of reused antique columns sits where gardens once spread.

16. Dar Hussein

Coordinates
36.7958, 10.1668
In one line
A refined Ottoman-Tunisian palace in the medina that sheltered princes, deys and beys for generations. In 1858 it became the city's first municipal council, and since 1957 it has housed Tunisia's National Institute of Heritage.

17. Dar Ben Abdallah

Coordinates
36.7926, 10.1718
In one line
An elegant palace built in 1796 and now the Museum of Tunis, devoted to popular arts and traditions. Through costumed dioramas in its lavish rooms, it recreates the daily life of the city's 19th-century aristocracy.

18. Dar el Bey

Coordinates
36.797753, 10.169065
In one line
A 17th-century beylical palace in the Kasbah quarter, raised by the Muradid dynasty and enlarged in 1795. Once a residence for state guests, it now houses the office of Tunisia's head of government beside Kasbah Square.

19. Dar Lasram

Coordinates
36.8021, 10.1681
In one line
A grand 19th-century mansion built between 1812 and 1819 by the wealthy official Hamouda Lasram. Spread over 2,250 square metres, it is now home to the Association for the Safeguard of the Medina and the Tahar Haddad Club.

20. Dar Othman

Coordinates
36.795, 10.1743
In one line
One of the oldest palaces in the medina, built around 1594 by Othman Dey. Its striped marble portal and unusual two-sided courtyard blend Andalusian, Hafsid and Ottoman craft. It now houses the medina conservation service.

21. Tourbet el Bey

Coordinates
36.79365, 10.17304
In one line
The grand royal mausoleum of the Husainid dynasty, built around 1770 under Ali the second. Beneath its green tile-clad domes rest beys, princes and ministers. Restored over many years, it reopened in 2023.

22. Souk El Attarine

Coordinates
36.7976, 10.1711
In one line
Souk El Attarine is the perfume market of the Tunis medina, founded in 1240 beside the Al-Zaytuna Mosque. For nearly eight centuries its small shops have sold scented oils, rose water, jasmine, amber, and henna.

23. Souk El Berka

Coordinates
36.7973, 10.1707
In one line
Souk El Berka is a domed jewelry market in the Tunis medina, built in 1612 by Yusuf Dey. For more than two centuries it was the city's slave market, until slavery was abolished in 1846 and gold sellers moved in.

24. Carthage

Coordinates
36.8528, 10.3233
In one line
Carthage is the ancient Phoenician city that became Rome's great rival, founded by settlers from Tyre and destroyed in 146 BC. Rebuilt by the Romans into a vast metropolis, its ruins above the bay are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

25. Acropolium of Carthage

Coordinates
36.853784, 10.323356
In one line
The Acropolium of Carthage is a former cathedral crowning Byrsa Hill, built between 1884 and 1890 in a Byzantine, Gothic, and Moorish style. Once dedicated to Saint Louis, it is now a cultural center hosting concerts.

26. Sidi Bou Said

Coordinates
36.87167, 10.34722
In one line
Sidi Bou Said is a clifftop village above the Gulf of Tunis, famous for its blue-and-white houses and cobbled lanes. Named after a 13th-century holy man, it became an artists' haven, its color scheme popularized by Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger.

27. La Goulette

Coordinates
36.81806, 10.305
In one line
La Goulette is the port of Tunis, sitting on a sandbar between the Lake of Tunis and the sea. Once guarded by a fortress built in 1535, it grew into a multicultural harbor town famous for its fish restaurants and beaches.

28. La Marsa

Coordinates
36.87639, 10.32528
In one line
La Marsa is a coastal suburb north of Tunis whose name means the harbor. Once a summer retreat of the Beys of Tunis, it is now an affluent seaside town known for its corniche, its beaches, and the historic Saf-Saf cafe.

29. Ksar Saïd Palace

Coordinates
36.8114, 10.1295
In one line
A beylical palace completed in 1845, blending Tunisian, Italian, and Moorish styles in Carrara marble and Italian tile. Here the 1881 Treaty of Bardo sealed the French protectorate. Today it serves as a museum of letters and arts.

30. Sadiki College

Coordinates
36.79833, 10.16639
In one line
Its alumni shaped Tunisia's independence movement, and graduates included President Habib Bourguiba. It remains a working lycée in the medina.

31. Bab Souika

Coordinates
36.805126, 10.168221
In one line
Once a medieval gate of the medina meaning the gate of the small souk, Bab Souika controlled the roads to Bizerte, El Kef, and Béja. Demolished in 1861, its name now belongs to one of the liveliest squares and neighborhoods in Tunis.

32. Halfaouine

Coordinates
36.8055, 10.1675
In one line
A historic working-class quarter on the northern edge of the medina, near the vanished Bab Souika gate. Famed for its squares, cafés, and everyday street life, Halfaouine inspired Férid Boughedir's celebrated 1990 film about a boy growing up among its rooftops.

33. Bab Saadoun

Coordinates
36.80868, 10.15903
In one line
A medina gate first built around 1350 with a single narrow arch, named for the pious 15th-century figure Sidi Bou Saadoun. Rebuilt in 1881 with three arches to ease growing traffic, it now stands as a freestanding monument amid the roads of Tunis.

34. Bab El Khadra

Coordinates
36.80923, 10.1735
In one line
A medina gate whose name means the gate of the green gardens, once leading toward Carthage and Ariana. Rebuilt by the French in 1881 in a distinctly European style resembling a castle gateway, it survives today as a freestanding monument on the medina's northern edge.

35. Belvedere Park

Coordinates
36.82222, 10.17167
In one line
The largest park in Tunis, created in 1892 on a former olive grove and designed by Parisian gardener Joseph Laforcade. Across 110 hectares it gathers pines, palms, a 17th-century domed koubba, a lake, a zoo, and a neo-Moorish casino pavilion.

36. El Menzah

Coordinates
36.8333, 10.1739
In one line
El Menzah is an affluent residential district north of central Tunis, laid out in planned subdivisions of villas and apartment blocks from the 1950s. Tree-lined and quiet, it grew around an Olympic sports complex and now houses embassies and schools.

37. Jellaz Cemetery

Coordinates
36.78611, 10.18444
In one line
Jellaz is the largest Muslim cemetery in Tunis, a vast hillside of tombs facing Mecca and dating to the thirteenth century. Many of Tunisia's leaders rest here, and in 1911 it sparked a deadly uprising against French colonial rule.

38. Montfleury

Coordinates
36.7917, 10.1856
In one line
Montfleury is a district just southwest of the Tunis medina, among the first areas developed under the French protectorate. Today part of the Sidi El Béchir delegation, it is known for its hospitals and engineering schools that draw students and patients daily.

39. Radès

Coordinates
36.76667, 10.28333
In one line
Radès is a harbour town on the Mediterranean coast about 9 kilometres southeast of Tunis. Built on the Roman site of Maxula, it is now home to Tunisia's largest sports complex and a busy commercial port serving the capital.

40. El Menzah Stadium

Coordinates
36.839778, 10.185361
In one line
El Menzah Stadium is a national arena in northern Tunis, built between 1964 and 1967 for the Mediterranean Games. Designed by Olivier-Clément Cacoub, it long hosted Tunisia's biggest football clubs and major concerts before closing in 2019 because of structural issues; renovation work began in 2022.

41. Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

Coordinates
36.7531, 10.2697
In one line
Hammadi Agrebi Stadium is Tunisia's national stadium at Radès, opened in 2001 for the Mediterranean Games. Seating about 65,000, it hosts the national football team and the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations final, and was renamed in 2020 for a legendary footballer.

42. Tunis-Carthage International Airport

Coordinates
36.85111, 10.22722
In one line
Tunis-Carthage International Airport is Tunisia's main gateway, just east of the capital near ancient Carthage. Tunis–El Aouina was already handling passengers in 1938; international-capacity upgrades began in 1944. As Tunisair's home base, it handled more than 7 million passengers in 2024, connecting the country to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

43. Le Bardo

Coordinates
36.80917, 10.14056
In one line
Le Bardo is a town west of Tunis grown around the former palace of the Beys. Its halls now hold the Bardo National Museum and once housed the Tunisian assembly, binding royal memory to civic life.

44. Hafsia Quarter

Coordinates
36.8005, 10.1705
In one line
Hafsia is a quarter inside the Medina of Tunis, long the heart of the city's Jewish community. Cleared and rebuilt in the late 20th century, its acclaimed renewal twice won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

45. Souk El Trouk

Coordinates
36.7973, 10.17
In one line
Souk El Trouk is the Turkish souk of the Medina of Tunis, founded in the early 17th century by Youssef Dey. Once a market of Ottoman tailors and embroiderers, it still trades in clothing and fine needlework.

46. Lafayette

Coordinates
36.8065, 10.1865
In one line
Lafayette is a district of the colonial new town north of Avenue Habib Bourguiba, long a centre of Jewish Tunis. It is home to the Art Deco Great Synagogue and the Habib Thameur Gardens, laid on a former Jewish cemetery.

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