TUNIS TOURS
A political history of Tunis
via its architecture and construction practices.
A political history of Tunis
via its architecture and construction practices.
- Where do Carthaginian ruins meet 21th-century religious architecture?
- What can an Italian church tell us about shifting borders?
- How is an eye-catching hotel the result of trans-Maghrebian construction industries?
- Which cement is used in big urban development projects?
- What did Tunis mean for modernist architecture, and why does Tunis resemble Cairo or Haifa so much?
- Who works in construction in Greater Tunis?
- What does post-independence architecture look like?
This tour will take you from Carthago to Roman, Abbasyde or Ottoman Empire
to the Italian presence and French colonial protectorate, post-independence nation building and the contemporary Saoudi and Chinese infrastructure projects.
Tours are available in English, French and Dutch, and are tailor-made.
Get in touch to discuss pricing, duration, logistics, specific interests.