"harbor view Punic Carthage and Sidi Bou Said"
few centuries ago the Cape Carthage, was a strategic point for controlling the entry of ships in the Gulf from to ancient Carthage. Hill
the twin enemies of Rome, the promontory overlooking the sea on one hand and secondly the plain of Megara which lies the Marsa today.
MEGARA, suburb CARTHAGE of so dear to Gustave Flaubert:
"It was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage in the gardens of Hamilcar ...." CARTHAGE
domina .... "Dalenda Carhtago is," said the elder Cato. ...
It is interesting to note that ZBISS Mustapha Slimane (1913-2003) in his book
"Sidi Bou Said, eternal sunshine of the Promontory. "Éd.STD 1972, Megara Plains extends to the top of the cliff I site p. 10: Sidi Bou Said, the ancient Megara ... "
In the eleventh century the Almoravids EL MURABITUTUN" (brotherhood of warrior monks and Berber dynasty that ruled the Maghreb and Andalusia) pitched a watchtower (El Manar Arabic) fearing the return of Roman conquerors of Carthage.
On this hill one hundred and thirty meters Jebel El Manar that ABU-EL-SAID BEJI chooses his retreat until the end of his life (June 9, 1231).
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