UNESCO designates Djerba, Tunisia as World Heritage Site

The UN cultural agency, UNESCO, on Monday, added Tunisia’s Djerba Island to its list of World Heritage Sites, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Tunisian Culture Ministry said the resort island was voted to the list during the 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The Ministry said Djerba Island takes the number of Tunisian sites on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites to nine. The list already includes Amphitheatre of El Jem site, the Archaeological Site of Carthage, the Medina of Tunis, the Ichkeul National Park, the Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis, Kairouan, Medina of Sousse and the Dougga archeological site, which was the last to be added to […] Source

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