Two half-day trips are preliminary planned as listed below. Both are included in the Conference Fee.

You can choose between:

Trip to Kairouan:   

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 (14:30-19:00)

Pictures' source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre web page

Founded in 670, Kairouan flourished under the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century. Despite the transfer of the political capital to Tunis in the 12th century, Kairouan remained the Maghreb's principal holy city. Its rich architectural heritage includes the Great Mosque, with its marble and porphyry columns, and the 9th-century Mosque of the Three Gates.

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre web page

Additional Information

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Trip to El Jem Museum:

Saturday, November 28, 2009 (9:00-14:00)

Pictures' source: Agency for the development of National Heritage and Cultural promotion and Tunisian National Tourism Office web page

Specialists recommend a visit to this museum before visiting other vestiges of the ancient city of Thysdrus, now known as El Jem. The museum contains many architectonic elements that belonged to the decoration of the city’s superb villas and public buildings and in particular, the sumptuous mosaic pavements, undoubtedly amongst the finest of Roman antiquity.

The museum leads directly into an “archaeological park” including vestiges of the villa known as that of the peacock and of Sollertiana. It is a splendid patrician dwelling with a number of its mosaic pavements conserved in sit. The same area contains a reconstruction to scale of the “house of Africa”, a sumptuous aristocratic dwelling built around 170 AD and discovered by chance in the 1990s. It takes its name from the two mosaic pictures figuring, within a central medallion, one goddess Africa, the other the province of Africa, the only known representations of the African continent.

Source: Agency for the development of National Heritage and Cultural promotion web page

Additional Information

If you would like to join us on the trip, you have to register (send a mail to dasa.zvonar@fm-kp.si) until 5th November. You can choose one trip, only.