Tunis, Tunisia

Al-Zaytuna Mosque is a major mosque in Tunis, near the northern coast of Africa. The mosque is the oldest in the Capital of Tunisia and covers an area of 5,000 square metres with nine entrances. It has 160 authentic columns brought originally from the ruins of the old city of Carthag. The mosque is known to host one of the first and greatest universities in the history of Islam. Many Muslim scholars were graduated from the Al-Zaytuna for over a thousand years. From Ibn 'Arafa, one of the greatest scholars of Islam, Imam Maziri, the great traditionalist and jurist to the famous Tunisian poet Aboul-Oacem Echebbi and countless others all taught there. This mosque in UNESCO World Heritage Site The Medina of Tunis. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from the Almohad and the Hafsid periods.

Thanks so much to my dear friend Judit from Serbia who went on holiday to Tunisia. :)

Tunisia

Tunisia is country in Africa. Its area is almost 165,000 square kilometres (64,000 sq mi), with an estimated population of just over 10.4 million. Its name is derived from the capital Tunis located in the north-east. The south of the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile soil and 1,300 kilometres of coastline. Both played a prominent role in ancient times, first with the famous Phoenican city of Carthage, then as the Roman province of Africa, which was known as the "bread basket" of Rome.

Now, Tunisia has developed tourism, and it's one of the most visited destination by tourists from Montenegro. Thanks a lot to my dear friend Judit of Novi Sad, Serbia who went on holiday in Hammamet last year. :)