Borj el Kebir - details and images
At sea rises the citadel Borj Kebir, Borj Ghazi Mustapha called. Hafsid was built by Sultan Abu Hafs El Fares between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, it came in Djerba in 1432 to fight against the Spanish invasion. Here fled the besieged Spaniards in 1560 CORSARUL Draghuth and Turkish armies.
Inside, the excavations have allowed discovery of the first fort dating from the thirteenth century., You can see in the halls of a thematic exhibition of works related to historical places. A panoramic view from one of the walls of defense, allowing an observation port and a 9-meter tall obelisk to remember the location of Borj-er-Rous.
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