Place: Sousse, Tunisia
Weather: Showers early, becoming steady light rain later in the day, 50/64F.
Route: From Kerkuane 184 km south on C27 and A1.
Significance: Good example of an early Islamic city (9th century) with ramparts. Mixture of coastal military defenses and Islamic art and architecture.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tower was used for signaling along the Mediterranean (from whc.unesco.org)
The mosque which was part of the exterior ramparts (from whc.unesco.org)
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