UNESCO World Heritage for Tunisia

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 8 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Tunisia to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available) or see our highlights of Tunisia for descriptions.


1979 - Medina of Tunis
1979 - Amphitheatre of El Jem
1979 - Site of Carthage
1980 - Ichkeul National Park
1985 - Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
1988 - Medina of Sousse
1988 - Kairouan
1997 - Dougga / Thugga