Lost in Tunis

Urban Exploring & Streetphotography

The 19th centuary Holland’s consulate in the Medina

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 […]

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The lovely abandoned house of Tindja

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 […]

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The Serbian War Cemetary in Menzel Bouguiba

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 […]

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STREETART RAID – Jean Jaurès Street

Debo move is a tunisian crew of street artists that, from time to time, make “raids” on a, usually abandoned part of downtown or some “not really claimed” walls and decorated them with giant mural fresques. This one is an […]

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StreetArt Raid – TGM

Debo move is a tunisian crew of street artists that, from time to time, make “raids” on a, usually abandoned part of downtown or some “not really claimed” walls and decorated them with giant mural fresques. This colorful and very […]

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The wreck Tanks in the middle of nowhere

In the middle of nowhere, completely off roads, somewhere between Zaghouan and Bouficha, there 4 or 5 destroyed wrecks of army tanks lying. Such scenery from above the hill, pushes inevitably into imagining a fierce Tank battle that happened in […]

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Palais Mussolini / Villa Zodiac

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 […]

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The abandoned Saint-Felix Church of Schuiggui

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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Abandoned luxurious Summer House in Ezzahra Beach

Ezzahra is a coastal town south of Tunis, during the French colonial period, it was known under the name of Saint-Germain. It was, most probably during this colonial era that was build this luxurious summer house, just few meters from […]

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Abandoned Anti-aircraft small Base in Rades

There is an abandoned anti aircraft small military base right in the forest of Rades(a small city 20-ish minute drive south of Tunis). Urban Legend say that this small base was used by the German’s army during WWII. Check also […]

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