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Abandoned Asylum in Tunis

This place used to be an Asylum in downtown Tunis  then was abandoned for obviously long years. Walking in the corridors feels like being in some horror movie Silent Hill style.   Share This:

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Ruins of the Medina

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The abandoned house of books

Dabbaghine street, is a street in downtown Tunis known for it’s old bookshops. One of the bookshops owner uses abandoned upper-floors of his small building to store the stock of old books. Tunisians are not very eager of reading so […]

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The Wild birds of the lake of Tunis

In addition to the historical Fort Chikly and the view of whole Tunis, this small inhabited island is the territory of various wild birds. As there is nearly no one visiting the island, the birds feel safe and install their […]

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View of Tunis from the Middle of it’s lake

Once you reach the Roman/Spanish Fort Chikly , you can admire the breathtaking view of all the main iconic monuments of Tunis. And the wild non-stop screaming birds. Share This:

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The island of Fort Chikly

Right in the middle of the lake of Tunis, there is a small island with a former Roman fort which was reconstructed by the Spanish and then left abandoned for so many years that it became the territory of wild […]

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Burned “Cho3ba”

The former dictatorship regime used to have a bureau (“cho3baa” in Tunisian dialect) in every corner, used ofter to hold their meetings and other propaganda activities. As expected, after the revolution anything related to the RCD ( Ben Ali’s party) […]

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The Abandoned church in the Medina

Couldn’t find much informations about the history of this small, discrete arabesque style, church deep in the old medina of Tunis. Like many other churches here, it has been transformed into a cultural space with a theatre scene. Even with this […]

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The Burned cars of the Revolution

Soon after the Tunisian revolution of 14th January 2011, many angry demonstrator wrecked and burned the luxury cars of the dictator’s family. In the heat of the chaos some other people’s cars were wrecked too.   Share This:

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Wrecked house of Imed Trabelsi

Soon after the Tunisian revolution of 14th January 2011, many angry demonstrator broke into the house of Imed Trabelsi, nephew of the Dictator Ben Ali, and wrecked everything. few days later some streetart artists invaded the abandoned house and made […]

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