Thursday 30 October 2008

Day 1 Afternoon - Sidi Bou Said & Bardo Museum

The next sequence is from the world famous Bardo museum in Tunis
A mosaic of the God of the sea


A rather drunken Hercules














Some of these mosaics are hung on the walls of the museum, others (unbelievably) remain under foot

























Sidi Bou Said is a village near Tunis. It was founded in the 13th century around the tomb of a holy man. During the First World War it opted to paint all the buildings white with blue doors. Magistrates had yellow doors. Not sure why they did this.















































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