D.025 Sousse

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

January 1963

Image ID

D.025

Alternate Identifier

B04.025

Subcollection

D: North Africa

Description

Wide view of Sousse, a city in Tunisia and the capital of the Sousse Governorate. "Sousse was an important commercial and military port during the Aghlabid period (800–909) and is a typical example of a town dating from the first centuries of Islam. With its kasbah, ramparts, medina (with the Great Mosque), Bu Ftata Mosque and typical ribat (both a fort and a religious building), Sousse was part of a coastal defence system."

References

"Medina of Sousse." UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Accessed January 23, 2018. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/498 .

Image Notes

Photograph created 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B.04.025. Notes written on the slide or index: Sousse.

Curator Notes

Legacy Subcollection: "D: Sousse"

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Sousse, Tunisia