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Thursday, September 10. 2009

My summer vacation: The Bardo

If and when you visit Tunis, you will go to the Bardo Museum. The buildings themselves are a 13th Century Ottoman (technically, Husseinite) palace which has been a museum since 1888. It contains the world's largest collection of Roman mosaics, but the buildings are wonderful too.


This Mom and daughter were boat friends.



 More Bardo photos below -

At the entrance, the usual and omnipresent billboard of the President:



I especially liked this one because it showed an ordinary Roman-style villa-farmhouse. Out of focus though:



 


Hunters:


 



Part of a gigantic floor mosaic:



A nifty door:




 


Part of the Bardo palace complex:



Better photos of the mosaics here.

Posted by Bird Dog in Travelogues and Travel Ideas at 14:08 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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Tunis is really a great little city, especially the old part of the city.

If you have the chance, go to the old church near Carthage.

I also recommend going to the American Cemetery near Carthage, where American Soldierss from WWII's North Africa campaign are buried. It's a sight to see.
#1 Rob on 2009-09-12 05:47 (Reply)

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