# Roots Earth in Tunis: audio stories about 46 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/tunis Published: 16 September 2026 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. ## 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. 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