Nabeul (Cap Bon) Coun Try : Tunisia

Si te : Nabeul (Cap bon) Coun try : Tunisia

C ON TE N TS OF TH E F I L E

Synthesis Architectural typologies present Country’s accepted significant sites

History and general information Current state of vitality and preservation Transformation process

Interventions and rehabilitation programmes Bibliography Lexicon

SYNTHESIS

This is the largest living town in Le Cap Bon. It is in Nabeul that we f ind the oldest and richest Islamic constructions, and the town and its outlying areas are home to the potters and stone carvers of Dar Chaabane. As regards tourism, apart from a few active tourist routes, the old centre is quite abandoned. Countr map y Regional scale Local sc ale

ARCHITEC TURAL TYPOLOGIES PRESENT

Sulaiman house

COUNTRY’S ACCEPTED SIGNIFICANT SITES

Tunis Testour Nabeul (Cap Bon) Sfax Detail of the urban fabric Tozeur (Djérid) Matmata Le Djebel (Tataouine) Djerba

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HISTORY AND GENERAL INFOR MATION

 Surface ar ea of the site

 Geographical co-ordinates  Height above sea l evel  Lithology

 Population  Population densit y

 Average annual maximum temperatures  Average annual minimum temperatures  Averag e of maximum temp eratures during the hottest month for 10 year s  Averag e of minimum temperatur es during the coldest month for 10 years  Averag e rainfall

 Averag e number of days of rain p er year

 Specifi c ch aracteri stics .

 Traditional economic activities Production of pottery, stone carving and matting. The latter are increasingly made using a plastic by-product as their raw material.

 New economic activities

 Site’s communications with its terr itor y

CURRENT STATE OF VI TALI TY AND PRESERVATION

The historic centre of Nabeul has been affected by the departure of its original inhabitants, leaving many premises vacant. It is worth mentioning that tourist activity has somewhat neglected the historic centre, concentrating on the modern town and beaches with a very good thermal s pa inf ras t ruc t ure.

TRANSFOR MATION PR OCESS

INTERVEN TIONS AND REHABILI TATION PROGRAMMES

Contacts

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SETHOM, H. L’apport andalous à la civilisation rurale de la presqu’île du Cap Bon. Cahiers de Tunisie, nº77-78, p. 215-218, 1972. SETHOM, H. Les Fellahs de la presqu’île du Cap Bon, étude de géographie sociale et régionale. Faculté des Lettres et Sciences humaines de Tunis, 1977 (372p.). WEYLAND, J. Le Cap Bon : étude historique et économique. Tunis, 1926 (126p.). • CHELBI, M. Réhabilitation d’un mode de construction traditionnel au Cap Bon. Tunis : Thèse ITAAUT, 1981.

LEXICON

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