Hammam-Lif

Hammam-Lif

Hammam-Lif

Town in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia

Hammam-Lif (Arabic: حمام الأنف, pronounced hammam linf) is a coastal town about 20 km south-east of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been known since antiquity for its thermal springs originating in Mount Bou Kornine.

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History

Naro, which means fire, was Hammam-Lif's Punic name. In 1883, the French captain Ernest De Prudhomme discovered in his Hammam-lif residence the first archeological ruins of an ancient synagogue that once stood in Hammam-Lif in the 3rd-5th century, when it was part of the province of Africa Byzacena.[1]

Hammam-Lif was once the home of Italian, Greek and Jewish communities, especially before the end of the French colonial period.

Hammam-Lif's most interesting site is probably Dar El Bey, which was the residence of Ali II Bey, the 4th bey of Tunis.

Sport

The local football team Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif won the Tunisian championship in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 and the Tunisian Cup in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1985 and 2001.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Stern, K. B. (1 January 2007). "Chapter Five. Questioning "Jewishnesss" In The North African Synagogue: Hammam Lif As A Case Study". Inscribing Devotion and Death. Brill. pp. 193–253. ISBN 978-90-474-2384-3.

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