The Train Cemetery
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- Category: abandoned, trainstation, wreck
Somewhere between Nabeul and Hammamet, there is the final Terminus for some wagons. there lies many wagons that used to be in service during the 70ies until the early 2000s for some, replaced by the new electric train. sadly a […]
Read MoreImmeuble De Guidi
- Post By: Dismalden
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- Category: abandoned, architecture, Curiosities
De Guidi was a rich italian advocate and he commisionned this building. didn’t found more details about it. One can admire those gorgeous colorfoul and flowerishing decolorations, from the rooftop of Cité Gabison just in front of it. Share This:
Read MoreCité Gabison
- Post By: Dismalden
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- Category: abandoned, architecture, Curiosities, urbex
This curious building is really hidden in plain sight right in the middle of the busiest street downtown Tunis. One of the earliest reference, is found in a touristic guide and mentions this building as a hotel in the 1910ies. […]
Read MoreAuberge Zitouna / The Danish Guest House
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- Category: abandoned, Diplomatic, medina, urbex
back in the 18th century, the area of the Medina around Bab Bhar was known as the diplomatic zone, where all the european consulate were located. The Danish consulate was located few meters from the entrance of the souks and […]
Read MoreThe Curious and forgotten Domes café
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- Category: abandoned, architecture, Curiosities, OutofTunis, special places, urbex
There a strange and curious domes construction on the side of a road at the very south of Tunis. it looks like small houses of another civilisation or even from a SCI-FI movie. Actually, it was a quiet famous café/restaurant, […]
Read MoreThe 19th centuary Holland’s consulate in the Medina
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- Category: abandoned, architecture, Diplomatic, ruins, urbex
in the late 19th/ early 20th century many european consulates were located inside the medina of Tunis.Most of them, in Zarkoun Street and it’s surroundings, since it was the diplomatic zone at that ime. Couldn’t find reliable informations about what […]
Read MoreThe lovely abandoned house of Tindja
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- Category: abandoned, architecture, OutofTunis, ruins, trainstation, urbex
Tindja is a lovely small village, 1 hour north of Tunis. Stumbled upon this old postcard, from the french colonial era, of those 2 houses. Sadly, the house on the right was complitely wiped and the one on the left […]
Read MoreThe Serbian War Cemetary in Menzel Bouguiba
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- Category: abandoned, Cemetery, Diplomatic, Military, OutofTunis, War traces
First thought: why would be a Serbian world war one cemetary lost in a wood near the small town of Menzel Bourguiba (60km north of Tunis)? Long and complicated story short: a regiment of serbian soldiers fled a battle they […]
Read MorePalais Mussolini / Villa Zodiac
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- Category: abandoned, architecture, Curiosities, OutofTunis, special places, urbex
Located in Bou Argoub (40 km from Tunis), in the middle of agricultural farms, this unusual Palace seems outstanding from nowhere. a false and persistant urban legend says that this italian Palazzo was built for the italian Dictaor Benito Mussolini […]
Read MoreThe abandoned Saint-Felix Church of Schuiggui
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- Category: abandoned, architecture, Holy places, Military, ruins, urbex, War traces
The Saint-Felix Church of Schuiggui is a small Chapel in the village of Chouigui ( governorate of Manouba) that was built cira 1898. in 1942 during the WWII, a fierce battle happened between the Allies and the Axis armies in […]
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