Holy places Archives - Lost in Tunis

The abandoned Saint-Felix Church of Schuiggui

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 16 June 2020
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 […]

Tourbet Sidi Boukhrissane

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 16 June 2019
Category: abandoned, architecture, Cemetery, Holy places, medina, zewya

Tourbet Sidi Bou Khrissane is a mausoleum in the old Medina of Tunis located near Bab Menara. There lies some tombs of the Khourassanid (also called Banu Khourassan) Dynasty. They reigned over Tunis between 1059 and 1135. Currently closed, this […]

Inside the Medersa El Mouradia

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 15 October 2018
Category: abandoned, architecture, Holy places, medina, ruins, urbex

Located in Souk El Leffa just behind the Zitouna Mosque, The Medressa El Mouradia was built around 1673 by the Bey Mourad II on the ruins of a former janissaires barracks ( after they revolted and have been anhilated). More recently, […]

Eglise Notre Dame des Rosaire de Tunis

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 4 April 2018
Category: abandoned, architecture, Holy places, medina, ruins, special places, urbex

Located in “Rue de l’Ecole”, in the southern entrance of the Medina near Bab el Jazira / Bab Jdid, and not far from Rue Tourbet el Bey. Legend says that this building was originally the home of a Turkish […]

Eglise Sainte Croix in the Medina of Tunis.

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 28 March 2018
Category: abandoned, architecture, Holy places, medina, Rooftops, urbex

Built in 1662 by foreign Christians in the “europeans” part of the Medina of Tunis, This church is one of the oldest inside the medina, it even gave it’s name for a while to one of the most emblematic streets […]

Inside the bell’s tower of the Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul of Tunis

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 3 January 2018
Category: architecture, Holy places, Rooftops, special places

The Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul is definitely one of the most iconic monuments of Tunis. Located in the main Habib Bourguiba Avenue, its construction began in 1893 and the church was opened at Christmas 1897 ( more ) […]

La Grande Synagogue de Tunis

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 28 November 2017
Category: architecture, Holy places, urbex

The Synagogue of Tunis, completed in 1937, by the architect Victor Valensi. It is an architecturally interesting place with many colors and geometric shapes. Some historical anecdotes: – It was looted by the Axis forces when they came in 1942-43 […]

The cemetery of Borgel

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 28 November 2017
Category: Cemetery, Holy places, urbex

The Jewish cemetery of Borgel takes its name from a famous Rabbi who was the first to be buried there in 1898 (according to the epitaph). Several famous personalities are buried there, such as Habiba msika a famous Tunisian singer, […]

The abandoned Christian Cemetery in Megrine

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 27 November 2017
Category: abandoned, Cemetery, Holy places, urbex

Megrine is suburb south of Tunis, it used to be a french neighborhood during the colonisation era. since there were no more europeans living there for more than 70 years, the small cemetery in fir forest stayed abandoned for long decades. […]