Yet again as much worth visiting for the building, a seventeenth-century madrasa built from the local pink stone, as for the exhibits, which are largely the usual collection of wedding dresses and jewellry displayed on awful dummies. However there is a good section devoted to explaining the classical 'three-level' system of oasis agriculture (Level one is the palm threes, level two various other trees such as pomegranites, and the third is wheat or animal feed) and some startling arial photos showing how the town has grown in the last half-century.
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Yet again as much worth visiting for the building, a seventeenth-century madrasa built from the local pink stone, as for the exhibits, which are largely the...
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Gabes is a large oasis town of southern Tunisia, in front of Djerba island. The palm grove has shrinked because of the extension of the town but nevertheless is worth a visit for those who had never...
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Gabes is divided by worlds' only seaside oasis. The oasis is based upon 150 sources, spread around the place, giving 650 litres of water each second. Baskets are a local product of Gabes, clearly...
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SO WHAT GABES ACTUALLY IS, OR AN OFFICIAL VIEW Gabès - Latin Tacapa, town, southeastern Tunisia. The town is located at the mouth of the Gabes River, which has its source 6 miles (10 km) upstream at...
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I only spent twenty four hours or so in Gabes, passing through on my way to Matmata, but it seemed to be a pleasant place and had I not been on a fairly tight itinerary I could easily have spent two...
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