# Jellaz Cemetery

Tunis, Tunisia

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.

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Coordinates: 36.78611, 10.18444

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