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(Pic shot in Tibet at a frozen Himalayan lake above 6,000 meters high)Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.comBlogger551125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-5872337404084855932023-10-16T09:25:00.000-07:002023-10-16T09:25:36.870-07:00About the book 'BERBERITY' published at Éd. du Lys Bleu, Paris<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: center;">‘BERBERITY’</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: center;"></b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">ISBN : 979-10-377-8918-1</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivy5Zmpu3VqUc2g2VCH-3Wx8owe6OQbYQ6Hc6rUrRE4-PcOF7uQzJP99jj5JAFURzwhhTV_4S8s-RYdmlt_fKKpo2pcgi5K7O913kA3M4lNbF88XACF-yfydzaTjwN0LDNTv0qFA95IAaOh3jPXjLZIFKKtB9usKPAQFLWTJu8zM_prixlF0HPet3hCwJ3/s2979/343765912_1708976969524171_8261595191358221822_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="2979" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivy5Zmpu3VqUc2g2VCH-3Wx8owe6OQbYQ6Hc6rUrRE4-PcOF7uQzJP99jj5JAFURzwhhTV_4S8s-RYdmlt_fKKpo2pcgi5K7O913kA3M4lNbF88XACF-yfydzaTjwN0LDNTv0qFA95IAaOh3jPXjLZIFKKtB9usKPAQFLWTJu8zM_prixlF0HPet3hCwJ3/w659-h276/343765912_1708976969524171_8261595191358221822_n.jpg" width="659" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This is a cultural term that refers to the North African Berber civilization. The book subtitle reads: “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Quest of the Amazigh Identity from Prehistory to the Fall of Carthage</span>”. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">If the term ‘<i>Berber</i>’ derives from the Greek word ‘barbarian’ [<span style="font-size: 12px;">βᾰ́ρβᾰρος</span><strong class="Polyt headword" lang="grc" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: "SBL Greek", "New Athena Unicode", "DejaVu Sans", Athena, Gentium, "Gentium Plus", "Palatino Linotype", Times, "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Code2000, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> </strong>/ <i>barbaros</i>] that defined other cultures, which were not Greek or Roman, it progressively lost its original meaning to become synonymous with ‘uncivilized’ or ‘primitive’. After the decolonization of North Africa, the search for a national identity aimed at re-centering the culture to the oriental Arab World. But Science and Anthropology progressively changed this political consciousness because the Berbers emerged as the original inhabitants of North Africa. The language - or rather the various local dialects - known as <i>Tamazight </i>[<span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Tifinagh"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ</span>] was revived as well as its ancestral alphabet known as <i>Tifinagh </i>[<span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Tifinagh"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">ⵜⴼⵏ</span>]. Consequently, an overall consciousness leads to the change of the term ‘Berber’ to the Tamazight word ‘Amazigh’ [<span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Tifinagh"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ</span>] (singular) / ‘Imazighen’ [<span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Tifinagh"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ</span>,] (plural’). The term ‘Amazigh’ has often been translated as “ the free Men”. Strangely enough, this phrase seems to characterize the local sense of identity, which could be summarized as a permeable liberty widely open to other cultures - particularly the Mediterranean. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Yet, the word ‘Amazigh’ also tends to be altered and become the trademark for a more radical request.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">By choosing the word ‘berberity’, this book sets the Prehistoric origins of this ancient north-African civilization, without denying what we could also call its native ‘Amazighity’. Anthropology is a social science that has nothing to do with politics or any established history. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Why then including the fall of Carthage? At the end of the second Punic War, the Romans sacked the city of Carthage in 146 BC. It was the beginning of a new colonization age. But it had no real effect on the local identity. The Muslim invasions only started in the 7th - 8th century of the common era. In the book this landmark only serves as a convenient boundary because the Berber identity was already set. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">For the time being, this book is in French and has not been translated into English or any other language. It can be purchased through the Amazon network.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;">October 2023</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-79720936453798921682023-10-16T09:24:00.001-07:002023-10-16T09:24:57.783-07:00 Survey of a terracotta Chawi dish from Algeria<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;">IDENTIFYING SIGNS IN THE EARTHENWARE POTTERY</b></span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span>Survey of a terracotta dish from the Aurès Mountains (Algeria)</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>ABSTRACT</b> </p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhessXJAlHnc9_tp5XMuL_6mXh_0vKJEbo2edJZCPiu55wJnffhwAf_JejayzwotD4HpDmJPeAl5Cy4-TCLc0xsnsdUAxbv_taAz-Xk71JP4KlRSZdwkLXI5drJn7oNsdF4qIBvqUBAOP7OKXWQY0TDITfJe5EE2XGnqx8egFe6JXNu9qoir4W6x4ftbQ/s2036/20230519_161916.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="2036" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhessXJAlHnc9_tp5XMuL_6mXh_0vKJEbo2edJZCPiu55wJnffhwAf_JejayzwotD4HpDmJPeAl5Cy4-TCLc0xsnsdUAxbv_taAz-Xk71JP4KlRSZdwkLXI5drJn7oNsdF4qIBvqUBAOP7OKXWQY0TDITfJe5EE2XGnqx8egFe6JXNu9qoir4W6x4ftbQ/s320/20230519_161916.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div> Photo & private collection © <i>C.Sorand</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This paper is first concerned with a large terracotta dish found in the El-Abiod Valley located on the southern side of the mountain range. Squaring the circle is a rather common type of pottery among the Chawi Berbers, who inhabit the Aurès. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Four protuberances indicate the four corners of the square, whereas the dish sides are slightly curved. This first visual sign mixes the cosmic circle with the square that stands for the Earth. As this pottery was used for cooking, it is raw on the outside. Only its inside has therefore been decorated. A large Sun effigy characterizes the dish with nine sun rays but we can also see five dots in the lower part. Right at the center of the larger brown circle representing the Sun, there is a hollow center, a rather unusual feature. At this stage, this domestic rural dish bears the four basic universal symbols: a central dot, a large circle, a cross [X} by joining the four protuberances, and a square. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">But the shape of squaring the circle is challenging as if it were a symbolic way to assemble the sky (the circle) with the earth (the square). The Chawi Berbers have had a long tradition of being isolated due to topology (the mountains) and geography (a cold temperate side in the north versus a warmer Saharan exposition in the south). The locals live on basic agriculture and breed mostly goats and sheep. This pottery belongs to the southern Saharan side of the mountains. It is the usual location for the fortified granaries, where grains and olive oil were kept safe in a communal tradition. In other words, the Chawi Berber have always relied on the weather conditions for their own subsistence. As basic as this may sound, it is of utmost importance to associate the spirit of the people with the outside natural elements as knowledge of their past largely shows it.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">By considering these factors, interpreting the pottery design makes sense. It is a way to acknowledge the sky for providing the food the dish will contain. The Sun provides its force to have the grain grow (the dots). The nine rays symbolize a full bloom cycle; if there are five of them, it is to include the protection of the Muslim religion. Pagan and religious spiritualities are always mitigating in this region.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The analysis gives way to a wider anthropological consideration of Berber pottery-making by connecting the present tradition to the past. Clearly, mythical beliefs persist in the use of traditional geometric designs. The Sun used to be a ‘Libyan’ deity but within an agricultural and pastoral society, its importance has naturally subsisted. North African Berber societies remain largely impacted by feelings of protection, gratitude, and offerings to the natural elements. As we know pottery dates back to the Neolithic. It started 10,000 years ago with the Caspian civilization. The archaeological site of Tiddis (3,000 years ago), near Constantine, in the north of the Aurès, has provided fine examples of designs, which are still used today in the Kabylie region to the North.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">As we have already analyzed the symbolic designs of the Chawi Berbers, we continue exploring the value of the signs in the earthenware pottery. It remains a solid link to the Berber culture as well as the Mediterranean heritage. Consequently, after considering the Sejnane terracotta art of Tunisia, it seems appropriate to have a closer look at the Chawi terracotta pottery of Algeria.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;">C.S.</p><div><a href="https://www.academia.edu/102547403/À_LA_RECHERCHE_DU_SIGNE_DE_LA_POTERIE_MODELÉE_Étude_dun_plat_en_terre_cuite_des_Aurès">https://www.academia.edu/102547403/À_LA_RECHERCHE_DU_SIGNE_DE_LA_POTERIE_MODELÉE_Étude_dun_plat_en_terre_cuite_des_Aurès</a><br /></div>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-15343920830048476582023-10-16T09:21:00.001-07:002023-10-16T09:21:14.754-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> ABSTRACT </b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">ON THE SEJNANE HAND-MADE POTTERY</b></h1><div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRaWqPhgQ5y9brxKM3AnMW1pVNeUBt4cUZ3c-W2LPrfspsU8IlgoDcL4mFXciP31vTUsmdZ4UWu6xh1KizkBZ3YPZpSF79_KDnesLvpKjMc5ojm4tOE26A8TN2waDalx4jzbNEXf-OjuYQcd2GgY0pwljfopBNkOX6YqgDNNlJLZeZvyquIWBH1fXVu04/s1044/(2)%20Sejnane%20-%20de%CC%81cor%20de%20plat%20en%20croix%20double.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="982" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRaWqPhgQ5y9brxKM3AnMW1pVNeUBt4cUZ3c-W2LPrfspsU8IlgoDcL4mFXciP31vTUsmdZ4UWu6xh1KizkBZ3YPZpSF79_KDnesLvpKjMc5ojm4tOE26A8TN2waDalx4jzbNEXf-OjuYQcd2GgY0pwljfopBNkOX6YqgDNNlJLZeZvyquIWBH1fXVu04/s320/(2)%20Sejnane%20-%20de%CC%81cor%20de%20plat%20en%20croix%20double.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">© <i>C.Sorand</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In 2018, when UNESCO added the terracotta art of Sejnane, Tunisia to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, this female handmade pottery art suddenly became known everywhere. Handmade pottery represents one aspect of the Berber traditional art forms among others such as tapestry, jewelry, or even the fast-disappearing tattoos. Each of the three north-African countries continues to perpetrate the tradition: Tamegroute or the Rift area, in Morocco, the Kabyle or Chaoui potteries in Algeria, and the Kroumirie or Douiret ones in Tunisia. Sejnane is a small country community in the Mogod hills of northern Tunisia. As is often the case among the Berbers, this form of art is primarily a woman’s prerogative. Its main feature consists in its geometric or figurative décor. And since it has remained almost untouched since the Neolithic, it conveys a high-value worth of being preserved and continued. In Sejnane, this technique uses local clay collected from river beds. It is made of two natural colors. One is mineral (red ochre) and the other is vegetal (a Mediterranean plant called lentisk or <i>Pistacia lentiscu</i>s). Traditionally, pottery was made for domestic purposes. But in the hands of the local women it served also as an aesthetic and cultural means of expression. This showed not only in the forms but principally in its decorative motifs in keeping with an ancestral taste for geometrical abstraction. The text attempts to define the inspiration behind as well as the hidden message carried out by an array of signs. But the analysis also considers some of the new trends that have emerged since roughly the middle of the 20th century. Modernity, or sometimes new requests, has led to adding two new forms of pottery: figurines and animals. Although this may be seen as a danger for the traditional form, it also brings forward the assertiveness of the women in regard to both their ancestral Berber culture and their modernity in a country that liberated the role of women. We note that this tradition already existed during the Libyco-punic period of Carthage at the time of the goddess Tanit period. As for the animals, it has a certain anthropological value, as it relays the human world to their perception of animals. Both new artistic additions continue to use decorative signs.</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NbtyIoy1KhiUBJPo47panvCg_S63-Su9LwEOJTyzCWpPoRe01ILZxo8WhCrkJ34dCQzCXxWathRrmxYwWw1XWc-P-527gJLJ9343Vg2BksydbueNU5p1pBSc_7RJEa_XZZk7veqdNnYgD3E4rhBfU4mEO5uiX_aNuTTqDL-m41tZvymiEVPSdZGbZb3H/s1946/20230302_102605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="702" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NbtyIoy1KhiUBJPo47panvCg_S63-Su9LwEOJTyzCWpPoRe01ILZxo8WhCrkJ34dCQzCXxWathRrmxYwWw1XWc-P-527gJLJ9343Vg2BksydbueNU5p1pBSc_7RJEa_XZZk7veqdNnYgD3E4rhBfU4mEO5uiX_aNuTTqDL-m41tZvymiEVPSdZGbZb3H/s320/20230302_102605.jpg" width="115" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.academia.edu/98795165/La_Poterie_modelée_de_Sejnane_">https://www.academia.edu/98795165/La_Poterie_modelée_de_Sejnane_</a></div>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-77288782900894765292023-10-16T09:11:00.000-07:002023-10-16T09:10:59.998-07:00Abstract-Berber Signs<h1 style="text-align: center;"><b>SURVEY ON THE BERBER SIGNS</b></h1><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNFZc6ChP8Yd7_PHq0msFvyH7MBihutFDolclY5ufoR3aPWRnV35nUnF5BOPpn96CazazYhyJKT9KW0oSx3ovuRW89UH5C4Qd27Fr1rau37oHuVK1FDgrjepUWoqxI8fJ40LQPUXyLKyg59J6Ns6lcOBtYKI316d_ESVYz9Uczp_DFSNhKE29W2vziKsD/s2520/Hammamet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="2520" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNFZc6ChP8Yd7_PHq0msFvyH7MBihutFDolclY5ufoR3aPWRnV35nUnF5BOPpn96CazazYhyJKT9KW0oSx3ovuRW89UH5C4Qd27Fr1rau37oHuVK1FDgrjepUWoqxI8fJ40LQPUXyLKyg59J6Ns6lcOBtYKI316d_ESVYz9Uczp_DFSNhKE29W2vziKsD/w368-h276/Hammamet.jpg" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Air vent sign above a door in the Hammamet Medina<br />(TUNISIA) © <i>C. Sorand</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b>T</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;">he current ongoing analysis pursues previous studies in decrypting the meanings of the Berber symbolic signs encountered in artistic designs such as pottery, jewelry, murals, doors, or any other forms of architecture.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Berber signs are easily recognized through their geometrical design. They often carry a visual message that has not been sufficiently acknowledged. Yet, we think, it may well help us understand better the impact of their overall social value.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The origin of these signs goes back to the Neolithic period. As they are still in use, the historical link bears a valuable source of knowledge. If these signs initially had a spiritual value based on their pagan ancestry, they have remained alive till today because they also carry a deep-rooted attachment to Mother Earth. This is an important factor because the natural environment has always been a core value for the Berbers.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In the Kabyle region of Algeria, there also exists a significant use of regional signs having a specific significance. However, this paper considers the geometric signs that are recognized as having a widespread common background in the Maghreb region of northern Africa. Consequently, considering the value of the signs, enables us to attach them to their deep African heritage. Paleo-anthropologists may also find it useful as some share an identity to the prehistoric rock art such as in the Tassili n’Ajjer. This text first identifies 7 geometrical shapes: the dot, the square and the rectangle, the triangle, the lozenge, the cross, and the circle. In the earthenware pottery, squaring the circle is also an interesting feature encountered in some isolated regions such as the Aurès. But, the text considers the design of the six-pointed cross analyzed here as being a “solar wheel”. Its recurrence is justified through an array of photographic documents collected in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. Due to the importance of early Christianism mostly in the eastern part of the Maghreb, we think this particular design may also have inspired the early Chrism sign. The last geometric sign considered is the eight-pointed cross.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>W</b></span>e hope that this extended analysis will help have a better understanding of the Berber geometric signs and will enable making useful links.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;">Bangkok, August 2023</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhwfVYY0L21Goqfw-_l8ehx0SGzW_CqxEOgbobDBH5pCm78zma4TRkNVYqEDJd3gWd6Sza_LQz7gQoMjieYQoeI3y21i0tMXvxWPN08qYANrXLZmiRua6mhN6ak4d6Rq6jLWcaYQtt8VAcZN5q2BOQ4iHQLCYDI09GTK9zI30GvZeMr9wWbeZ0Pcu2U-_/s1778/De%CC%81cor%20mural%20Medina%20d'Agadir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="1334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhwfVYY0L21Goqfw-_l8ehx0SGzW_CqxEOgbobDBH5pCm78zma4TRkNVYqEDJd3gWd6Sza_LQz7gQoMjieYQoeI3y21i0tMXvxWPN08qYANrXLZmiRua6mhN6ak4d6Rq6jLWcaYQtt8VAcZN5q2BOQ4iHQLCYDI09GTK9zI30GvZeMr9wWbeZ0Pcu2U-_/s320/De%CC%81cor%20mural%20Medina%20d'Agadir.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wall decoration, Anti-Atlas, Morocco © <i>C.Sorand</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zxrOQMdhfDoKKOHp4MRhJKH4JQk8gGDczXu-OTAUIrAfm6P_4Wvhyphenhyphenpm89jZLpow6SGj5PddMaY3gWfirV5MKn1qj6Ss10w6hQnGLgbmM2p3t694whbD4JfWiTS7-q-ipG4fXv3ZJV7P0WH6R4kRxxilbGnB7xa59OBR70lYgCu_d-rvkiOYd_rumUBtZ/s1946/Zriba%20Olia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="1460" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zxrOQMdhfDoKKOHp4MRhJKH4JQk8gGDczXu-OTAUIrAfm6P_4Wvhyphenhyphenpm89jZLpow6SGj5PddMaY3gWfirV5MKn1qj6Ss10w6hQnGLgbmM2p3t694whbD4JfWiTS7-q-ipG4fXv3ZJV7P0WH6R4kRxxilbGnB7xa59OBR70lYgCu_d-rvkiOYd_rumUBtZ/s320/Zriba%20Olia.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solar wheel on a door frame in Tunisia<br />© <i>C. Sorand</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.academia.edu/105330932/Signes_Berbères_Symboliques">https://www.academia.edu/105330932/Signes_Berbères_Symboliques</a></div>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-87725988162390539322023-10-16T08:50:00.001-07:002023-10-16T08:50:12.783-07:00<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>ZRIBA OLI</b>A</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>ABSTRACT</b></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2Uw4Axzp5RmBdKp3hR8tdNqk3IsypsmyIAJNOBBOKqgeYZE7g1_SpF0DgRZEUJA9GAh87c-JtYKUVdyQjepc1yIa8WEuZIA_1s_MblMn0y2NbSBwP9di4xcsgu0HNYxtujDFR6onRLyflhmA3xX8Z_FT86-PhgbEGN7I_cyNtUOhliXahEqvqGIB0ppz/s2594/20230330_111607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="2594" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2Uw4Axzp5RmBdKp3hR8tdNqk3IsypsmyIAJNOBBOKqgeYZE7g1_SpF0DgRZEUJA9GAh87c-JtYKUVdyQjepc1yIa8WEuZIA_1s_MblMn0y2NbSBwP9di4xcsgu0HNYxtujDFR6onRLyflhmA3xX8Z_FT86-PhgbEGN7I_cyNtUOhliXahEqvqGIB0ppz/w400-h300/20230330_111607.jpg" title="Village view © C.Sorand" width="400" /></a></div>Upper village view © <i>C. Sorand</i><br /><b style="font-style: normal;"><br /></b><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"> </span>Zriba Olia is the name of a small Berber village<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> l</span>ocated in the Zaghouan mountain ran<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ge</span> about sixty kilometers south of the Tunisian capital. It is a partially abandoned community. Yet, a few families still live there in an attempt to preserve their heritage. Most of the former village homes are in ruins nowadays. However, due to a fairly dry climate, the overall infrastructure is still visible. It would only take some funds and some hands to restore the site and turn it into a highlight spot. Right now, this is a valuable place for historians and anthropologists to explore as it still holds useful information on the Amazigh history of the country.</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After describing its outstanding defensive and panoramic location, the text analyzes the elements that make Zriba Olia such a fascinating cultural and historical hotspot:</p><ul>
<li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b></b>The unique architectural style is known as the “ghorfa” style. In Arabic, the word <i>ghorfa</i> stands for a “room”. It describes an elongated narrow rectangle topped with a semi-circular roof. A door opens on one of the two limited sides and one or two small square openings let the light in. This type of construction is well-adapted to the climatic environment of the country. The <i>ghorfa</i> style is a Tunisian characteristic.</li>
<li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b></b>Inside the </span><i>ghorfa</i>, the walls still keep the rests of a dark blue coating, which apparently served as a deterrent against the invasion of a sort of local gnats.</li>
<li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b></b>The frames of some doors have kept some interesting symbolic designs. Among these two are particularly interesting. (1) One shows a horizontal lunar crescent crested with a star (obviously a Muslim symbol) flanked with two fish (this is a native sign brought by the Phoenicians as a harbinger of good luck). This sort of triptych is also typically Tunisian. (2) The next is a more typical Berber symbol that can be described as a Berber cross, having six points. Usually, this sign is made of a [X] crossed by a horizontal line [—]. As this sign has often been seen in many other Berber sites in Tunisia, Algeria, or Morocco, the author describes it as a solar wheel.</li>
<li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b></b>In the heart of the village, one inhabitant has turned his house into a small local inn, made of four <i>ghorfa </i>in a square shape<i> </i>with an open yard in the middle. There seems to be a well standing there. In reality, it is the cylindric hole giving access with a ladder to the underneath cave-like storeroom! If among the Berbers, it is common to store their food products, the type found here at Zriba Olia is quite unusual.</li>
</ul><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">A couple of other traditional houses have been kept in shape. But two other sites need to be mentioned:</p><ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b></b>a crenelated tower turned into a minaret,</li>
<li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b></b>A monumental marabout crested with five domes (5 being a holy Muslim number)</li>
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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflI-bbQGM8_sp4bf6lruBy1UyeydTi4RzFfa1jPU6wRKVCXYYsO8t-F2zWsDNMG28DrBk3wmCsbRbaB_NlgEXqCX43S-7Z9XYSyc9C0Vk-cmdj_s2gjfsDYKg1_NJ2TLGR8jCg5s8xBN9THIJ8uTNgDvkZdBIITdahnhL4EqIapzP_D0BhJqsFaKBkQ/s2316/Evasion%20Novembre3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="1736" height="787" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflI-bbQGM8_sp4bf6lruBy1UyeydTi4RzFfa1jPU6wRKVCXYYsO8t-F2zWsDNMG28DrBk3wmCsbRbaB_NlgEXqCX43S-7Z9XYSyc9C0Vk-cmdj_s2gjfsDYKg1_NJ2TLGR8jCg5s8xBN9THIJ8uTNgDvkZdBIITdahnhL4EqIapzP_D0BhJqsFaKBkQ/w590-h787/Evasion%20Novembre3.jpg" width="590" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">- Page 3 -</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.traitdunionmag.com/tunis-lafricaine/">Online link</a><br /></div>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-42813735148173305752022-11-05T05:45:00.003-07:002022-11-05T05:47:13.661-07:00CARTHAGE today.<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OiE2hRboGqWdM1r5meeHmLornq1yOx2Jy1DIlTCw1JSpRubODlyW9934m2r3avhM6Z8UEg5ojOhkz4ahrnVPLubjSKf5LvGEvoFhjs6gL7poLPGyIDCUGbKvn-DEIWuXubrJO8KJ-Id-kENK2KoslNwdNLcl0aa5vhy6A-obP6zf6gx53X-13vo8RQ/s3360/20221004_101930.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="3360" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OiE2hRboGqWdM1r5meeHmLornq1yOx2Jy1DIlTCw1JSpRubODlyW9934m2r3avhM6Z8UEg5ojOhkz4ahrnVPLubjSKf5LvGEvoFhjs6gL7poLPGyIDCUGbKvn-DEIWuXubrJO8KJ-Id-kENK2KoslNwdNLcl0aa5vhy6A-obP6zf6gx53X-13vo8RQ/w640-h166/20221004_101930.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Punic harbors</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Visiting Carthage nowadays can be delusive. It gives you the impression of being in a quiet and prosperous suburb. Its spotless streets and avenues are lined with trees and flowers. Secret gardens hide behind the high walls of its many luxurious mansions. The former Punic lakes look like an integrated landscape planning, where a few fishermen throw their lines to catch fish. A tiny sandy beach runs along the coast with palm trees giving the illusion of being in an exotic seaside resort. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Indeed, this is what Carthage looks like today. Yet, some of its <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/37/">Unesco</a>-protected vestiges set the clock back in time. The most conspicuous monuments are Roman: <a href="https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/carthages-antonine-baths/">the Baths of Antoninus</a> by the sea or <a href="https://carthagemagazine.com/the-roman-theatre-of-carthage/">the Theater and Odeon</a> by the hillside. The former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage_amphitheatre">Amphitheater</a> lies in a hollow on the way to Sidi Daoud and La Marsa. A magnificent <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/locations/the-zaghouan-aqueduct/">Aqueduct </a>used to bring fresh water from the hills of Zaghouan in the south. The field of its intricate ruins is still an impressive sight, just outside La Marsa. But perhaps, the most fascinating site is what is known as <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/locations/carthage-roman-villas-and-kobba-bent-el-rey/">the Roman Villas</a>. For the curious visitor, there is a collection of outstanding mosaics hidden under a hill hollow near the entrance. One may regret that there is still no place to keep this secret collection in full view of the public!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.romanports.org/en/articles/ports-in-focus/754-carthage.html">Carthage Roman ports</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In Rome, Cato the Censor kept repeating: "<i>Carthago delenda est</i>" to fuel the total destruction of Rome's most famous rival. But in reality, Carthage was not fully destructed as the legend goes. Punic ruins are still lying underground. The <a href="https://guide-voyage-tunisie.com/en/the-tophet-of-carthage/">Tophet</a> was only discovered in the 20th century. Its name stands for a cemetery dedicated to children. The imaginative fiction of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Flaubert">Gustave Flaubert</a>'s '<a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Salammbo"><i>Salammbô</i></a>' spread the myth of a place for children's sacrifices. But the archaeologists have demystified the assumption. We know now that it was </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjras9gZa_YPv4njodO2rTGeuKNMfVXhtCP5YtVrR_vPeIAEhLvIm5MSOZYSWs7KgYynw4DVdYHA9Pa2jktfhwKeKoykLvsY-5E-j1yx6gKK2EOV8dUkUEHd8Pjgueh0N6L7434A4dVsYo3b25FbBIharqYjuSOSN6a44wV--u43lX6L3Qe5yncnu_5KA/s361/Tanit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjras9gZa_YPv4njodO2rTGeuKNMfVXhtCP5YtVrR_vPeIAEhLvIm5MSOZYSWs7KgYynw4DVdYHA9Pa2jktfhwKeKoykLvsY-5E-j1yx6gKK2EOV8dUkUEHd8Pjgueh0N6L7434A4dVsYo3b25FbBIharqYjuSOSN6a44wV--u43lX6L3Qe5yncnu_5KA/w179-h200/Tanit.jpg" width="179" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">most certainly a cemetery for disabled children or animals put under the protection of the Phoenician patron goddess <a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/heritage_floor/tanith">Tanit(h)</a>. This deity was worshipped by both the Phoenicians and the local Berbers. The fusion of this encounter gave the <i>Punic</i> appellation. '<i>Kart-Hadasht</i>' means 'new city' in the Semitic Phoenician language. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Carthage-ancient-city-Tunisia">Carthage</a> was founded in 814 BCE by Elissa - a Princess of Tyre - later called by the Greeks '<i>Dido</i>' meaning either the 'beloved' or more commonly the 'wanderer'. As it should, Carthage is sealed by a well-known myth of foundation. Part of the former Punic walls was found by German archaeologists as well as house foundations nearby.</div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The most obvious Punic legacy remains the former naval ports that seem so integrated into their surroundings that we tend to believe they are simply a natural section of the local landscape. But sadly, the ruins of ancient Carthage still lie underground. For obvious reasons, they cannot be dug out.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Antiquity is not the sole past of Carthage. The place became also a major hub for early Christianity. Carthage was the home of the Christian Fathers of the Latin Church: <a href="https://phoenicia.org/tertullian2.html">Tertullian</a> (c.160-225), or <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Cyprian-Christian-bishop">Cyprian</a> (200-258 CE), as well as <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine">Saint Augustine of Hippo</a> (354-430 CE). The latter was born in Tagaste, currently Souk-Ahras in eastern Algeria. On the road leading from the Presidential Palace to Sidi Bou Said, you can still view the ruins of <b>St.-Cyprian church</b> and the nearby <b>Ste.-Monique's</b> (St.-Augustine's mother). The top of <b>Byrsa Hill</b> ('<i>bursa</i>', a Greek word for an ox hide), is linked to <a href="https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegn/docs/26th-gegn-docs/Essay%20poem/1_FRIHA.pdf">the myth of Carthage</a>), and is crowned by the former <b>St. Louis Cathedral</b> (built in 1890), which is now called the '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolium_of_Carthage">Acropolium</a>' of Carthage. During the Eighth Crusade, Louis IX of France died there of dysentery in 1270. The archaeological museum of Carthage used to stand there as well but it has currently been closed for renovation. However, Paleochristian art can be seen at the<b> Roman and Early Christian Museum</b>, on Carthage's main central road.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But the history of Carthage rarely mentions its early inhabitants: the Berbers. They were here before the Phoenicians arrived. They owned the land and the founding of Carthage was submitted to a lease, which the Phoenicians duly acquitted. As the Tyrians spoke a Semitic language, it was not too hard for each of them to communicate, as the Berbers spoke a Libyco-Berber language of Chamito-Semitic origin. The ancient Egyptian language was of the same linguistic branch. The local social diversity blended into what we call the Punics. But it is useful to mention that the city of Tunis had long been a steady Berber settlement even before the founding of Carthage. Yet, when the Romans colonized this area in northern Africa, they Latinized the name of the indigenous group as the '<i>Afri'</i>. Since the continent had still not been named properly, it became Africa, the land of the Afris. At the time of early Christianity, Tertullian, Cyprian, Monique, and Augustine were all of Berber origin. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/carthage-tun-tc-c.htm">Exploring the ruins of Ancient Carthage</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Evidently, Carthage has long been a crucial hotspot in the Mediterranean, both geopolitically and historically speaking. We are not far from believing that it has also profoundly affected the hearts and the minds of Tunisian people.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><b><i>Christian Sorand</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggqFw3ivynxzIZCwUp4HK19wdql6wIe5wnqYsldPAPaeY7ZIog6-UGXrFX28B_gIJ6n39K_-q5pLpjJH1a5bIRKyAmEPwuK09rMhU7vqDoeE3QljgMk0P7RMAmtJTwpEsY2wP-7qD5t38i9S29DPK5jtHTNB93SAxiiLlYzjbvQ-CK3HMUKAa3jlbt4A/s1780/20221004_101352.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggqFw3ivynxzIZCwUp4HK19wdql6wIe5wnqYsldPAPaeY7ZIog6-UGXrFX28B_gIJ6n39K_-q5pLpjJH1a5bIRKyAmEPwuK09rMhU7vqDoeE3QljgMk0P7RMAmtJTwpEsY2wP-7qD5t38i9S29DPK5jtHTNB93SAxiiLlYzjbvQ-CK3HMUKAa3jlbt4A/s320/20221004_101352.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A residential home</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><i><br /></i></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPg-s5h4wJLjWXRd6Jx-9rIui409JNsP9h37P_QevjELrBrI7wTfmwJ8HEnnAop_-ZMcz5o2-NlL7F2az1JrgvhxqXu18QZ9s3rNSthSjCOydw6bCH2xf3QHFPtor7tWObrzIqp7WyTEBcTu_K7Swj3xabCZil8Jel6IyFqwp5RrRqp1n4_DrsAl6I0A/s320/20221004_103826.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosaic design</td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-o4Mph3i-iuveCKDeRqY_qKzBSVxieE7lZ5BWG39kE8CYwS27hQzCwAxG8pj0mfoEdcVLe8EzvbMbVqSv2dEfcpSwacYjKTXVAjj8VbtElXR5ToYkqXrwkz_2P3Aor_55mf15Y49tWSB-UP2q1k2g63ZWNsU078WHasx6mxevtP_SQTyDou0VVyKsg/s2102/20221004_103853.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="2102" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-o4Mph3i-iuveCKDeRqY_qKzBSVxieE7lZ5BWG39kE8CYwS27hQzCwAxG8pj0mfoEdcVLe8EzvbMbVqSv2dEfcpSwacYjKTXVAjj8VbtElXR5ToYkqXrwkz_2P3Aor_55mf15Y49tWSB-UP2q1k2g63ZWNsU078WHasx6mxevtP_SQTyDou0VVyKsg/s320/20221004_103853.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The caption at the Paleo-Christian Museum</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nwPA95BRniTjdN4rtZqOWFF8kRtHUpJE29zOmT5t6k9WWu0O3hQkpzND13BK7HKWF3xoPmrsjC_gJsRw-5AKwjT7elggUxne8303xnj7TK2YUoCpys_QMmXyhpQlTIx7pg_lXHj9OjU-K04fjy9lSSbJ1jxxwEF8AOI2LrOL9q25D_J6c6KKbEtY0A/s2373/20221004_102504.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nwPA95BRniTjdN4rtZqOWFF8kRtHUpJE29zOmT5t6k9WWu0O3hQkpzND13BK7HKWF3xoPmrsjC_gJsRw-5AKwjT7elggUxne8303xnj7TK2YUoCpys_QMmXyhpQlTIx7pg_lXHj9OjU-K04fjy9lSSbJ1jxxwEF8AOI2LrOL9q25D_J6c6KKbEtY0A/w640-h480/20221004_102504.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of one of the Punic naval ports</td></tr></tbody></table></b><p></p>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-22387438043808737952022-11-03T09:54:00.000-07:002022-11-03T09:54:22.396-07:00Sidi Bou Said en quelques images.<p style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrIujt5ODF4w5Tn7LYmUxb2brpkw7ovTxsZ6pDJsjCYTS7lL_zXJUvZ_F1tvX14j4u-M7xRGpAklgNWkWg05pAuzxr-0buXaFKZoTWHjd_38z-WH_EhtGcbBD2hmaxzT2zDfarOvbIm2_wosDV2VZbouMezgd0w1TM-xFFpP3O8jBBBV5ivT7rgtWRg/s3360/Grande%20Bleue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="3360" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrIujt5ODF4w5Tn7LYmUxb2brpkw7ovTxsZ6pDJsjCYTS7lL_zXJUvZ_F1tvX14j4u-M7xRGpAklgNWkWg05pAuzxr-0buXaFKZoTWHjd_38z-WH_EhtGcbBD2hmaxzT2zDfarOvbIm2_wosDV2VZbouMezgd0w1TM-xFFpP3O8jBBBV5ivT7rgtWRg/w640-h234/Grande%20Bleue.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Baie de Tunis</i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Perchée sur son promontoire de lumière, vêtue de bleu et de blanc, un doux parfum de jasmin surgit comme dans un rêve, voici Sidi Bou Said en 12 clichés cherchant à en capturer l'indescriptible essence.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Et pour célébrer le charme des lieux, suggérons de lire et de distiller les premières strophes d'un poème d'<a href="https://www.cave-a-poemes.org/page.php?id=860">Adrien Cannaméla</a> :</p><div class="titpg" style="background-color: white; color: #993300; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center;">Sidi Bou Saïd</div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 280px; text-align: justify;">Rues escarpées-mystère<br />Qui découvrent la mer<br />Au fur et à mesure<br />Dans son écrin d'azur.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 280px; text-align: justify;">Murs blancs, fenêtres bleues<br />Un soleil généreux<br />Voûte d'un ciel limpide<br /><i>À Sidi Bou Saïd</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4lGye39ouFyrgdduC7UiDT-IXGMc13LUqAsRK0DJlFs8WxWMdFgCozut20862GDZvcqIyYtfOWgdxmPQXSsWM4DE4NA__BRnd66ke_5TNKgZNodd5qErw5vDOcbBo44mmV0xq2ZOXlnkHrKXUUwCQVgi42IYooY76i3PMWbruDVrN3NYslOW5SYIkQ/s1780/Envole%CC%81e%20de%20moucharabiehs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4lGye39ouFyrgdduC7UiDT-IXGMc13LUqAsRK0DJlFs8WxWMdFgCozut20862GDZvcqIyYtfOWgdxmPQXSsWM4DE4NA__BRnd66ke_5TNKgZNodd5qErw5vDOcbBo44mmV0xq2ZOXlnkHrKXUUwCQVgi42IYooY76i3PMWbruDVrN3NYslOW5SYIkQ/w300-h400/Envole%CC%81e%20de%20moucharabiehs.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Envolée de moucharabieh<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZFfQoTCQDeQyNQurWNXCGkFy2XM1yINm2RWKmiJj4a3lqkndQiBbArrcjuLatI2JRWndWcrtsFkdrwL2_TIrJTKulcYPrtiUtaSE69E1rgpHjPkjGwGOoXxgHzLhY2nVC1rd8xuvZonRNeb2eOb4xULMnM4Lm_w-jtNbkbudru7KYxePULAX8B1KcQ/s1780/Porte%20au%20jasmin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZFfQoTCQDeQyNQurWNXCGkFy2XM1yINm2RWKmiJj4a3lqkndQiBbArrcjuLatI2JRWndWcrtsFkdrwL2_TIrJTKulcYPrtiUtaSE69E1rgpHjPkjGwGOoXxgHzLhY2nVC1rd8xuvZonRNeb2eOb4xULMnM4Lm_w-jtNbkbudru7KYxePULAX8B1KcQ/s320/Porte%20au%20jasmin.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Porte au jasmin</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyHM77wHjsnHhsJDUYYtFxcv0Ot89HbUz-ScFyDTLil5OVhL7vVH0I-4nZ_5Cf9owbv0dR6RwDG9zEXPICIODQ8ndLXx-NIC8_cbMgsO96T5A14BG4tgp5uo4oFOai4brYWNYJqVxalFFfZopi8Xol7RIjY0HOiqskDoQGAIk71wiOXfzMRmW08DRMg/s1780/Porte%20royale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyHM77wHjsnHhsJDUYYtFxcv0Ot89HbUz-ScFyDTLil5OVhL7vVH0I-4nZ_5Cf9owbv0dR6RwDG9zEXPICIODQ8ndLXx-NIC8_cbMgsO96T5A14BG4tgp5uo4oFOai4brYWNYJqVxalFFfZopi8Xol7RIjY0HOiqskDoQGAIk71wiOXfzMRmW08DRMg/s320/Porte%20royale.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Porte royale</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_pzBy3qcTiC5PBNQ5iSVv8bU39-5CmXYn725IRDO_5Q2uUpN9E1IvZjHc8LWE2DE462XrJrsAmxjXsgbOZ84e3m_KYHqEFZeRb-GzvjCco1EeD8TfSspL7QCy3Lfs7kifiuvEkKUIwFEzkR_pV0Vzo7AbouMZo7O1lKQQzqidgg2_PFxvBTDvLaSvg/s1780/Jasmin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_pzBy3qcTiC5PBNQ5iSVv8bU39-5CmXYn725IRDO_5Q2uUpN9E1IvZjHc8LWE2DE462XrJrsAmxjXsgbOZ84e3m_KYHqEFZeRb-GzvjCco1EeD8TfSspL7QCy3Lfs7kifiuvEkKUIwFEzkR_pV0Vzo7AbouMZo7O1lKQQzqidgg2_PFxvBTDvLaSvg/w300-h400/Jasmin.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le jasmin</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkzV7oNXgfQhgbbgOYyYjljCNYffCfms1aZQStZVxNcAlmC2pWV8XKJT9-PaSxUXuHamuQRQSNe472_LshznEzhaXxQPDpF77SZQtQAjDhmH6wDUXfIfXxKDvseXrRXeQtAO6Ho59nD2rH481OiEfHQb2KS5RS74zyNkBFliQJl3qu24pop8B_lGX0g/s2373/Bougainvillier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkzV7oNXgfQhgbbgOYyYjljCNYffCfms1aZQStZVxNcAlmC2pWV8XKJT9-PaSxUXuHamuQRQSNe472_LshznEzhaXxQPDpF77SZQtQAjDhmH6wDUXfIfXxKDvseXrRXeQtAO6Ho59nD2rH481OiEfHQb2KS5RS74zyNkBFliQJl3qu24pop8B_lGX0g/w400-h300/Bougainvillier.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le bougainvillier</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2khfkV22PntcyuuKI2daRyi83o0gftVNqQpybP2hTp2cDpEmTs3cKuLwF_A3ZWZmHwG6M9L5r4zcbGSoUmicrNf9C1Nn4QdyWIcxH7DevxBKYBlK2i-ml0v0PZtzJJfAXoQnxnIAi53c4FQb0Uvcv0Bolpz1N6AmiarPsPj6ZpX_vd7Dy8QKRDQ7jg/s1780/Jarres%20en%20garde.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2khfkV22PntcyuuKI2daRyi83o0gftVNqQpybP2hTp2cDpEmTs3cKuLwF_A3ZWZmHwG6M9L5r4zcbGSoUmicrNf9C1Nn4QdyWIcxH7DevxBKYBlK2i-ml0v0PZtzJJfAXoQnxnIAi53c4FQb0Uvcv0Bolpz1N6AmiarPsPj6ZpX_vd7Dy8QKRDQ7jg/w300-h400/Jarres%20en%20garde.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jarres en garde</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfyjbsZ10abGHVI-f5sarUNQYVR_vh0Bcjl2dGr3GWKbYWD_1sYclTts9uLCKIO-YJnMqCjpqXWpcwr9dJhQ98IDyoiAZUDjow89SaX0CT7jihRQqqYn2SMnbjVzfk_NtgmXOxUY3dFT9XUdp_9qxyzObb9XUWhC8c_IT7CA2wWyVYwZNKqZqmGKACg/s2373/Toile%20oublie%CC%81e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfyjbsZ10abGHVI-f5sarUNQYVR_vh0Bcjl2dGr3GWKbYWD_1sYclTts9uLCKIO-YJnMqCjpqXWpcwr9dJhQ98IDyoiAZUDjow89SaX0CT7jihRQqqYn2SMnbjVzfk_NtgmXOxUY3dFT9XUdp_9qxyzObb9XUWhC8c_IT7CA2wWyVYwZNKqZqmGKACg/w400-h300/Toile%20oublie%CC%81e.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Toile oubliée</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkoerRzLf3ciwtJ3MRoKBUFJL3eqVuqQxTD4hZKoL35zmuofq3chZWJZnL02O4PCOSHs6MlgWEGKOjyID8jPXqomfH_P8BUXLhxjD50FhfmGpbOyNE4fX_hyh8UZVMYwBC4x2BkW-6zxDrUG4oN0roN-WcSASswm0AAx8AMBISWe-zAF5FN3mYaNumg/s1780/Luminescence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkoerRzLf3ciwtJ3MRoKBUFJL3eqVuqQxTD4hZKoL35zmuofq3chZWJZnL02O4PCOSHs6MlgWEGKOjyID8jPXqomfH_P8BUXLhxjD50FhfmGpbOyNE4fX_hyh8UZVMYwBC4x2BkW-6zxDrUG4oN0roN-WcSASswm0AAx8AMBISWe-zAF5FN3mYaNumg/w300-h400/Luminescence.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Luminescence</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFeBDipGPZMyhuhVr3HBllMAEIzdVBPkfPZQkkDKpJ6anzT-HET8IPBBPfVwnJKxz6vCZS4jubh1TIEm96n6LDRBb5ek6AkfA3ShRLZoLu2Cvsg2d9lXVPlHNUy4NeVPPjF-Nt3U_29BwGTv8TDCcqOVJtcJTCLk9zsHYorJ4gmyYAqD9CvKVwt2NaA/s1780/Balcon%20sur%20la%20baie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFeBDipGPZMyhuhVr3HBllMAEIzdVBPkfPZQkkDKpJ6anzT-HET8IPBBPfVwnJKxz6vCZS4jubh1TIEm96n6LDRBb5ek6AkfA3ShRLZoLu2Cvsg2d9lXVPlHNUy4NeVPPjF-Nt3U_29BwGTv8TDCcqOVJtcJTCLk9zsHYorJ4gmyYAqD9CvKVwt2NaA/w300-h400/Balcon%20sur%20la%20baie.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Balcon sur la baie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmStix8hrFKKX_YbT2F9frjdRazo7aEQiKhDTRK7rEXvmd_rn80DyhNoJERbtDvQ183SIRxiQTicB-B4BVaBWcQMpXiYNNM9D3hwyx6TQJgqV9sK6p4xBUvzlpJ77bEzuiNX5EspV6FAe7J3OcGCtqAaeAMJEWw8RSat9uQXw3ooEpW2zKHNT9RApEUQ/s2373/Souvenirs%20en%20bleu,%20en%20blanc%20et%20en%20rouge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmStix8hrFKKX_YbT2F9frjdRazo7aEQiKhDTRK7rEXvmd_rn80DyhNoJERbtDvQ183SIRxiQTicB-B4BVaBWcQMpXiYNNM9D3hwyx6TQJgqV9sK6p4xBUvzlpJ77bEzuiNX5EspV6FAe7J3OcGCtqAaeAMJEWw8RSat9uQXw3ooEpW2zKHNT9RApEUQ/w640-h480/Souvenirs%20en%20bleu,%20en%20blanc%20et%20en%20rouge.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Souvenirs en bleu, en blanc et en rouge de Tunisie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEav1gNuhA96lPaIufoIhbVCwR5WPNsQ3r-4GiDRF2yrZka3t0LuIpHkTZ9DBgLipurFGwJzQy7hPdkdR6-QhVHew9jzYfh7ROYHpfqQ0JBW2jAaYigQcHaN-rvoymfDxFsevDeNVrt2sCPgyQ6DtGhd_3w-rG7059E4zLhOPydLxJpFwNEGfWEhu8w/s2373/Au%20jardin%20du%20De%CC%81lice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEav1gNuhA96lPaIufoIhbVCwR5WPNsQ3r-4GiDRF2yrZka3t0LuIpHkTZ9DBgLipurFGwJzQy7hPdkdR6-QhVHew9jzYfh7ROYHpfqQ0JBW2jAaYigQcHaN-rvoymfDxFsevDeNVrt2sCPgyQ6DtGhd_3w-rG7059E4zLhOPydLxJpFwNEGfWEhu8w/w640-h480/Au%20jardin%20du%20De%CC%81lice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Au jardin du Délice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Voici également un très beau texte de notre ami Hatem Bourial, écrit en 2017 : "<a href="https://www.webdo.tn/fr/actualite/les-billets-de-hatem-bourial/fuite-vers-sidi-bou-said-texte-superbe-de-conrad-detrez/187496">La fuite vers Sidi Bou Said</a>".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Et enfin un article de mon cru, écrit en 2014 pour Tait d'Union Magazine à Hong Kong : "<a href="http://www.traitdunionmag.com/un-balcon-andalou-ouvert-sur-la-mer/">Un balcon andalou ouvert sur la mer"</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i>Christian Sorand</i></b></div>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-5800537001251969882022-11-01T13:39:00.001-07:002022-11-01T13:39:19.629-07:00SIDI BOU SAÏD : Le Café des Nattes<p style="text-align: justify;"> L'une des particularités de Sidi Bou Said est celle d'avoir un vaste éventail de cafés, certains très célèbres, d'autres ayant un charme tunisien bien particulier.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1BYQC8FOyBlolUDQvXJZcG9x44lfv0QVRIJnFJ_Z-RgUqVagJqn2Dlo0Syg-ijJLF8Wka5akNBlLFvrShjPMzFh2OLVrmL2HVycdyf1hUMesHWYPhHlwRdGMXDQ47zA4shxvNuJ-je8Jbb_AdwUjG03kfl3Z6_6SgTQuZotstyzmpthEo6adhjqcgQ/s733/August%20Macke-Cafe%CC%81%20des%20Nattes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="571" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1BYQC8FOyBlolUDQvXJZcG9x44lfv0QVRIJnFJ_Z-RgUqVagJqn2Dlo0Syg-ijJLF8Wka5akNBlLFvrShjPMzFh2OLVrmL2HVycdyf1hUMesHWYPhHlwRdGMXDQ47zA4shxvNuJ-je8Jbb_AdwUjG03kfl3Z6_6SgTQuZotstyzmpthEo6adhjqcgQ/w156-h200/August%20Macke-Cafe%CC%81%20des%20Nattes.jpg" width="156" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August Macke -<br /><i>Le Café des Nattes</i></td></tr></tbody></table>Pourtant, le café des Nattes, pratiquement inchangé depuis des décennies, reste un lieu mythique indiscutable. Situé sur une éminence, au cœur du village, il semble en être l'âme. Sa volée d'escaliers, tout au bout de la rue centrale, lui confère une aura de sainteté altière. On en gravit les marches comme si on se dirigeait vers un sanctuaire. N'est-il pas d'ailleurs le Temple du café, ce nectar des dieux, sollicitant la pause, la contemplation et le plaisir du goût? Mais au fait, n'est-ce-pas là une fausse conjoncture? On peut certes y prendre un café, mais nous sommes ici dans le royaume du thé vert à la menthe! Le magnifique samovar qui trône dignement à l'intérieur de la salle commune nous le rappelle! Cet asile olfactif et du goût célèbre avant tout l'art du thé, qu'il soit brut, aux amandes ou aux pignons... Et le serveur portant chéchia et jasmin à l'oreille, vous l'apportera dans un verre, sur un plateau argenté et ciselé. Alors, en trempant vos lèvres dans l'or du breuvage, le bleu et le blanc du paysage vous font rêver à des horizons de douceur et d'envoûtement. Toute la magie des lieux fait ainsi son effet. Il est difficile de s'en échapper. Tant et si bien, que chaque fois qu'on revient ici, on se sent attiré par ce besoin irrésistible de s'asseoir au café des Nattes. Incha'Allah!</p><p style="text-align: right;"><b><i>Christian Sorand</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JM-UV6jo4ugobpVeIJ-ygJ0VunnHHRHKqfocn2gpJDzLveutAZh_8jOIeKCmYftliUV8LVirtZCR1vDEYeIlqyZQWpB_QX2qKMoMnRI8JAbMjCzK4-8-7tPcf3W-Z-9XB-NZY7OxFzpklatqrtzNqWKuktmYf_bBFXI9WhLDF79c2i8XsR7Y2ygirw/s2373/20221003_170048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JM-UV6jo4ugobpVeIJ-ygJ0VunnHHRHKqfocn2gpJDzLveutAZh_8jOIeKCmYftliUV8LVirtZCR1vDEYeIlqyZQWpB_QX2qKMoMnRI8JAbMjCzK4-8-7tPcf3W-Z-9XB-NZY7OxFzpklatqrtzNqWKuktmYf_bBFXI9WhLDF79c2i8XsR7Y2ygirw/w640-h480/20221003_170048.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L'envolée du Café des Nattes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKG2jAC2oiFewxlN6UhuYfyptRl_WZBl5YDFPODcoBICt4DAOFRX_5ADUiv85VxE4Wd9gJ37ePWeVVLsvv0obLzezinaOGIVvoxsM4yX6-w-vSatEZoZE5laMqsaB8OkL64MkszcEk2jwcxwPRz2aAl1MdTAFUCH2DWVo7M8impt8TxgdoS6UM1f5jgQ/s2373/20221003_101403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKG2jAC2oiFewxlN6UhuYfyptRl_WZBl5YDFPODcoBICt4DAOFRX_5ADUiv85VxE4Wd9gJ37ePWeVVLsvv0obLzezinaOGIVvoxsM4yX6-w-vSatEZoZE5laMqsaB8OkL64MkszcEk2jwcxwPRz2aAl1MdTAFUCH2DWVo7M8impt8TxgdoS6UM1f5jgQ/w400-h300/20221003_101403.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salle intérieure</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbW8NTgiBJf4w90OYlFqpXILb1uVStIFRbReYV6zlfhiM3vkuOBGJFGMeEA0Rs81-1ASuq6ispaE0l-vAdHk_DFXvSIDXk9JuLwhOH3Qg0uiUem2S2Z1J7rQY0fR-0GyJMDFCWilOIaiXEOavZbKEA-LgXo24-WVzT6JpbSc9dHP75wxvwdXdWvKB7g/s1780/20221003_101343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbW8NTgiBJf4w90OYlFqpXILb1uVStIFRbReYV6zlfhiM3vkuOBGJFGMeEA0Rs81-1ASuq6ispaE0l-vAdHk_DFXvSIDXk9JuLwhOH3Qg0uiUem2S2Z1J7rQY0fR-0GyJMDFCWilOIaiXEOavZbKEA-LgXo24-WVzT6JpbSc9dHP75wxvwdXdWvKB7g/w300-h400/20221003_101343.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L'antique samovar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUV3Icde9SKgCzmEPCvgZENjNwXm1Rf5_2ZgQXNy4DecvYKa36wG-1sSRg8MfS0FI6KTo_sgQ2ZwUyFZD7hL1_UeWqnhp5IwoSCDKveiuwmk6PSEpCezlBiOsz8IxhkKCvkZhXteOMNbq4iSsPjPyKirdtRxp1jGODa5ECFURms2DsEr-3DaNRZUUHQ/s1780/20221003_101424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUV3Icde9SKgCzmEPCvgZENjNwXm1Rf5_2ZgQXNy4DecvYKa36wG-1sSRg8MfS0FI6KTo_sgQ2ZwUyFZD7hL1_UeWqnhp5IwoSCDKveiuwmk6PSEpCezlBiOsz8IxhkKCvkZhXteOMNbq4iSsPjPyKirdtRxp1jGODa5ECFURms2DsEr-3DaNRZUUHQ/w300-h400/20221003_101424.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fenêtre ouverte sur la baie de Tunis</td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmQ5zh00M9e5Cw7p7BS1ZWruka58aC3O6JOw4BUe7crW8xZ-IB1bl7rpoNlB5_0DaB8krlmMfLs8pIxnJB1jWsDS9epKtIzqEsIBd6rwhR0L1JydnxLoz154iu7hfDctArhlbmDd3DCxdhvVpmvVfbK_hMzslfxLj1m2umrQggkAcMhFVFozL6UnrNA/s2373/20221003_101439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmQ5zh00M9e5Cw7p7BS1ZWruka58aC3O6JOw4BUe7crW8xZ-IB1bl7rpoNlB5_0DaB8krlmMfLs8pIxnJB1jWsDS9epKtIzqEsIBd6rwhR0L1JydnxLoz154iu7hfDctArhlbmDd3DCxdhvVpmvVfbK_hMzslfxLj1m2umrQggkAcMhFVFozL6UnrNA/w640-h480/20221003_101439.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La grande salle aux nattes</td></tr></tbody></table></p>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-18309471322895018712022-10-31T10:40:00.000-07:002022-10-31T10:40:36.854-07:00Monastir : le Mausolée de Bourguiba.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0R4kKwAGiKtadqgu-owEHKEvPlLVgLzUF9GlIWgIBct6K2X0jfgddz_CDnGSHORqAaZIHhiVqG5VEOXpXTUanqiGFbHWXlwQlf0G5L9_a-_ORBPk_rT0p_8I_yNEGiXOjCEMqfvDH1DqcZVdMF_boJA__4LCgDJorP2I1LtvNop1e2MvsyZsV1otZKQ/s3362/20220929_105147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="3362" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0R4kKwAGiKtadqgu-owEHKEvPlLVgLzUF9GlIWgIBct6K2X0jfgddz_CDnGSHORqAaZIHhiVqG5VEOXpXTUanqiGFbHWXlwQlf0G5L9_a-_ORBPk_rT0p_8I_yNEGiXOjCEMqfvDH1DqcZVdMF_boJA__4LCgDJorP2I1LtvNop1e2MvsyZsV1otZKQ/w640-h206/20220929_105147.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama de Monastir avec l'esplanade du mausolée (à droite)</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXEvQib9MvjMCwwSZCvUKAHPXruT6-72z2pNj9crnbxpFZLArvLwwG4je0YbtV00B1uTyr9uLalydXKnk1A5dsThXHxjqBpKWD87nOZo64Ccur5pN2HRKY5fanZJoqnbQqifkfnJRQHWCEo-kz-Ec8Ki7AQ-zmVDK0vQ5hz3exQelVc_H0RrLWvRRXw/s245/H.%20Bourguiba.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXEvQib9MvjMCwwSZCvUKAHPXruT6-72z2pNj9crnbxpFZLArvLwwG4je0YbtV00B1uTyr9uLalydXKnk1A5dsThXHxjqBpKWD87nOZo64Ccur5pN2HRKY5fanZJoqnbQqifkfnJRQHWCEo-kz-Ec8Ki7AQ-zmVDK0vQ5hz3exQelVc_H0RrLWvRRXw/w163-h200/H.%20Bourguiba.jpeg" width="163" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Habib Bourguiba</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Habib Bourguiba</b> (1903-2000) est à la fois le libérateur de la Tunisie et le père fondateur de la république. Il a été le premier président de la République tunisienne de 1957 à 1987. Il est connu pour avoir libéré le statut de la femme dans le pays. Il est originaire de Monastir et c'est donc la raison pour laquelle son mausolée se trouve ici.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habib_Bourguiba">Habib Bourguiba (Wikipédia)</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">L'édifice de marbre blanc se trouve dans l'enceinte du principal cimetière de la ville, à proximité du <a href="https://chrismate.blogspot.com/2022/10/le-ribat-de-monastir.html">Ribat </a>(la citadelle). Construit du vivant de Bourguiba en 1963, le mausolée se trouve au bout au bout d'une vaste allée longue de 200m et large de 30m. Il s'agit d'un monument de style arabo-musulman moderne avec des caractéristiques propres au pays. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausolée_de_Bourguiba">Mausolée de Bourguiba (Wikipédia)</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">La grandeur majestueuse de ce monument est l'œuvre d'un architecte juif, né en Tunisie, Olivier-Clément <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4XvNigV9AL-NhNp6Gm6wCj0a-rQ-FuY6GNWUzHDHPWanW5MvBNCADdNr94Bq-UVKnFzal2sSytp5XUT_T-vJrI_GYjqKGiYuOE-EY5OdiLjZjlA5d222clu-Ns5M7PlYtZ2-nIfk_jarzzaKFPsKUCihJS41tFPFUeCmv1YV5qvltMMhTWfSjSSKXw/s275/Olivier-Cle%CC%81ment%20Cacoub.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4XvNigV9AL-NhNp6Gm6wCj0a-rQ-FuY6GNWUzHDHPWanW5MvBNCADdNr94Bq-UVKnFzal2sSytp5XUT_T-vJrI_GYjqKGiYuOE-EY5OdiLjZjlA5d222clu-Ns5M7PlYtZ2-nIfk_jarzzaKFPsKUCihJS41tFPFUeCmv1YV5qvltMMhTWfSjSSKXw/s1600/Olivier-Cle%CC%81ment%20Cacoub.jpeg" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Olivier-Clément Cacoub</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Cacoub (Tunis, 1920-Paris, 2008). Il a été le lauréat du Grand Prix de Rome en 1953 et a réalisé un grand nombre de projet en Tunisie, mais aussi en Afrique, particulièrement à Yamoussoukro, la capitale de la Côte d'Ivoire. C'était également un ami proche du Président Jacques Chirac (1932-2019). Cet architecte représente donc un lien hautement symbolique des liens amicaux post-coloniaux entre la Tunisie et la France. À ce sujet, il faut d'ailleurs rappelé que Habib Bourguiba est l'un des quatre fondateurs de la Francophonie, chère au cœur de Jacques Chirac.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">L'œuvre des grands architectes contient toujours une part de symbolique. C'est un lien durable permettant la transmission d'un message universel.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On retrouve la trace de certains de ces éléments ésotériques quand on se penche un peu plus précisément sur certaines symétries ou certains détails de la construction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Le classicisme de la conception générale du mausolée suit une stricte symétrie : architecture hexagonale des deux édifices situés au début de l'esplanade, la masse blanche du mausolée, flanqué de deux minarets de 25m et l'utilisation de trois dômes.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Le style du mausolée est lui-même triple : s'il est moderne d'apparence, il contient aussi un style arabo-musulman classique, agrémenté d'un style tunisien caractéristique sur la façade de l'entrée principale.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">L'aspect binaire de la vie terrestre est marqué par l'opposition entre le blanc et le noir. On remarquera que la blancheur caractéristique de l'ensemble souligne la part de quasi sainteté attribuée au père de la nation. Cette bipolarité est rappelée par les double monuments hexagonaux et les deux minarets. On trouve également une opposition entre la couleur du dôme central (doré) et les deux coupoles qui l'accompagnent (vert). L'or du dôme est associé au concept de la divinité, tandis que le vert des coupoles est à la fois une marque islamique, mais aussi une caractéristique du continent africain. Or, il ne faut pas oublier que l<i>'Ifriqyia</i> est la terre tunisienne, celle qui a donné son nom à tout le continent.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">La masse quadrangulaire du mausolée proprement dit figure l'appartenance terrestre, tandis que les trois dômes stigmatisent le ciel, siège de la protection divine.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Les deux fines colonnes des minarets sont le signe d'un lien unissant le Bas au Haut, de la même manière que l'obélisque égyptien relie le Temple à la Lumière céleste de Râ.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Il existe également un aspect trinitaire lié au symbole du chiffre 3, la marque d'un accompli terrestre, empreinte d'un Tout, retrouvé ici par l'espoir d'une renaissance après la mort.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBz3Vao6QKqvzlTSjG6R0ieM3g0nOu1RXm1qCIZECdlleJkMyH4C1bxB5J9JKXe4o2qVArUDXW_zUvYyCujDSgI9GKrNo_Y5QACo72FP3NQ4fbUnrBluGbCDlbMApKce5pqs0xJASHzeM4QJPh0m3BSoZO2_gnjETP1aRGgcpnRZ-Q9b0aRmNuRiRrg/s240/Wikiwand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBz3Vao6QKqvzlTSjG6R0ieM3g0nOu1RXm1qCIZECdlleJkMyH4C1bxB5J9JKXe4o2qVArUDXW_zUvYyCujDSgI9GKrNo_Y5QACo72FP3NQ4fbUnrBluGbCDlbMApKce5pqs0xJASHzeM4QJPh0m3BSoZO2_gnjETP1aRGgcpnRZ-Q9b0aRmNuRiRrg/s1600/Wikiwand.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Section entrée principale à l'arrière</i><br />(Wikiwand)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />La synthèse de cette symbolique se retrouve sur la façade arrière du mausolée (entrée principale). Or, cette partie de l'édifice représente justement le caractère tunisien du mausolée par son style.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Un monument ne se regarde pas seulement avec les yeux, il se lit aussi pour qui veut bien se donner la peine d'en extraire "<i>la substantifique moelle</i>".</p><p style="text-align: right;"><b>Christian Sorand</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSxdU2R-yKpQ18BhLFQKGd49oCm1pXqCPAY2VQAmgsNBjvaQFyBYbzCKKM8SzlM3NtWVD1gOftm0W1c47y65EhR-dPzeU-Jw3Xd4HLaWS21Qcq7KnGhnJjSuuYgUelPdGKmvFurbstEXre-bqqlNy4j14RlRumYvdNv43KZbslXKNppeqqZ-se8oTEA/s2373/20220928_152935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSxdU2R-yKpQ18BhLFQKGd49oCm1pXqCPAY2VQAmgsNBjvaQFyBYbzCKKM8SzlM3NtWVD1gOftm0W1c47y65EhR-dPzeU-Jw3Xd4HLaWS21Qcq7KnGhnJjSuuYgUelPdGKmvFurbstEXre-bqqlNy4j14RlRumYvdNv43KZbslXKNppeqqZ-se8oTEA/w400-h300/20220928_152935.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'esplanade</i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfKXDSPd6MuLGycSm09J8Vm5bQJmsM3XEWWI5qhiKIZ8Ie5BFXulyL62hDyQVunwrzBQytm1ky_u5eOkkcM3vECw-elqeTZ_L6BphOeYKeUx45qfdklzTxCb-7g9EhwneUbCSQ6RUz5jOopOj6FIBVRv6urzX1yA2Y25WnExoH6RV-N3iCtNJPTM1BQ/s2373/20220928_153037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfKXDSPd6MuLGycSm09J8Vm5bQJmsM3XEWWI5qhiKIZ8Ie5BFXulyL62hDyQVunwrzBQytm1ky_u5eOkkcM3vECw-elqeTZ_L6BphOeYKeUx45qfdklzTxCb-7g9EhwneUbCSQ6RUz5jOopOj6FIBVRv6urzX1yA2Y25WnExoH6RV-N3iCtNJPTM1BQ/w400-h300/20220928_153037.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bâtisse hexagonale à l'entrée de l'esplanade<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4KKkae9i1WjwhCpjWuKdjoiQR0HoQs-h3QuwgNL2AFlz-b-qQnbLZL8aVsOj4u9qRvs-qo_LYTFe8tP9Qdbthncm-ZXYKGzjbCFhI8Et9Ec5YaFkVy7D5IXekM5lR2Ewx3Y0q3tbQnJzfYjhPT3i2S49ArZNPJws2LnkSFZv6guVms2-MX9vttUT_w/s2373/20220928_153435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4KKkae9i1WjwhCpjWuKdjoiQR0HoQs-h3QuwgNL2AFlz-b-qQnbLZL8aVsOj4u9qRvs-qo_LYTFe8tP9Qdbthncm-ZXYKGzjbCFhI8Et9Ec5YaFkVy7D5IXekM5lR2Ewx3Y0q3tbQnJzfYjhPT3i2S49ArZNPJws2LnkSFZv6guVms2-MX9vttUT_w/w640-h480/20220928_153435.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La grille du mausolée avec les deux minarets</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RpqS3UH15aWvHY_ktMUD68Bs82Q4R7-ltISAx4aafWgNqmbD95hwr4E6Fzc3J_xV-AwwOrZzPV7qWXUhAiVIZUuOIDIYFBzp-6gcZBbTOr8cVylEB73qNq4NQHqUDfK5dbSML7VxlTaLlNDnbfaRjofLAy03bmOcQhvkWBVOYxYDdCnmzTQH8GNXog/s1780/20220928_154120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RpqS3UH15aWvHY_ktMUD68Bs82Q4R7-ltISAx4aafWgNqmbD95hwr4E6Fzc3J_xV-AwwOrZzPV7qWXUhAiVIZUuOIDIYFBzp-6gcZBbTOr8cVylEB73qNq4NQHqUDfK5dbSML7VxlTaLlNDnbfaRjofLAy03bmOcQhvkWBVOYxYDdCnmzTQH8GNXog/w300-h400/20220928_154120.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cour intérieure</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbXIFdUVyer3shdCxmA1dyiC3KgksgUDwri7bhW3CVOyLg86OrH1bqnlsEfSTHbtMKZbaKrScQnIXLP38L_nBiMCkjlhCfszvYt9Xi-VYTAUjAZHR21FpLEw0kO5NkGTfbRaVVigRMk6-IVLfVKESSNuxcVqMiyXrkhsUWwhBtmzPkE5qtWCS3bLxAw/s2373/20220928_153925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbXIFdUVyer3shdCxmA1dyiC3KgksgUDwri7bhW3CVOyLg86OrH1bqnlsEfSTHbtMKZbaKrScQnIXLP38L_nBiMCkjlhCfszvYt9Xi-VYTAUjAZHR21FpLEw0kO5NkGTfbRaVVigRMk6-IVLfVKESSNuxcVqMiyXrkhsUWwhBtmzPkE5qtWCS3bLxAw/w640-h480/20220928_153925.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'intérieur du mausolée</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQmdJFOc9t-0zsgqwYGy7kNjjCCybS8LyZiZgsF6UBMl_j6VkTF6upIuI2fW70Uhuj3tW2biJtsa9aFe_QgMVgCSgVgAan6BFCr75QdeQlCAVfiKaKZg4XEX8p174TmK7pXHfud_Ub-oYNo11fIxYtvY8kH6IzrRw6w6dGdhENGbq7FwEOVippUWGVw/s1780/20220928_154211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQmdJFOc9t-0zsgqwYGy7kNjjCCybS8LyZiZgsF6UBMl_j6VkTF6upIuI2fW70Uhuj3tW2biJtsa9aFe_QgMVgCSgVgAan6BFCr75QdeQlCAVfiKaKZg4XEX8p174TmK7pXHfud_Ub-oYNo11fIxYtvY8kH6IzrRw6w6dGdhENGbq7FwEOVippUWGVw/w300-h400/20220928_154211.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le Tombeau du Président</i></td></tr></tbody></table>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-79444902992140969952022-10-28T07:39:00.007-07:002022-10-28T07:39:55.355-07:00Le Ribat de Monastir.<p style="text-align: justify;"> Un <i>Ribat</i> [<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">رِبَـاط</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span>] est un terme arabe pour désigner le style d'une forteresse construite dans la foulée de la conquête arabe du Maghreb au VIIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. Cette sorte de petite garnison militaire servait tout d'abord à protéger une ville. Mais comme il s'agissait d'une sorte de communauté de moines-soldats, le <i>Ribat</i> est devenu un lieu de spiritualité. En l'occurence, il a abrité des communautés mystiques, en particulier le mouvement du Soufisme.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Fondé en 796, le Ribat de Monastir est à Ła fois le plus ancien et le plus vaste de la côte méditerranéenne de l'Ifriqyia (nom arabe donné à cette région berbère du Maghreb). Linguistiquement parlant, le terme "<i>îfri</i>" désigne le "rocher" en Tamazight - la langue libyque d'origine chamito-sémitique.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Le terme "<i>ribat</i>" est à l'origine de la ville de Rabat, devenue la capitale du Maroc. Le Ribat de Monastir a été entièrement restauré. Du haut de ses remparts on a une vue à 360º sur la Méditerranée et la Ville de Monastir.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><b>C.S.</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://www.voyage-tunisie.info/ribat-de-monastir-tunisie/">Lien du Ribat de Monastirinfo/ribat-de-monastir-tunisie/</a></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VA8KNR5AQ-PzSPY3DVjP8kna79SELPktttMkmuRvKiXyNiXlX3RaUYF8evIPK-wIgcs2iQNryjYgIYSvoSBmTZSaN5x9LTDEG5iwnzYXVoJUeEncPjXfUZBo4tSVyXUSB_ouj-tYvK6Rbg2A-GkJYnB8wkQeR94bitaHAHRNu4DUQjnwJjPBBdsEPw/s1779/20220929_104207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="1587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VA8KNR5AQ-PzSPY3DVjP8kna79SELPktttMkmuRvKiXyNiXlX3RaUYF8evIPK-wIgcs2iQNryjYgIYSvoSBmTZSaN5x9LTDEG5iwnzYXVoJUeEncPjXfUZBo4tSVyXUSB_ouj-tYvK6Rbg2A-GkJYnB8wkQeR94bitaHAHRNu4DUQjnwJjPBBdsEPw/w570-h640/20220929_104207.jpg" width="570" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plaque explicative placée à l'entrée du monument</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYAo0HM_bMd1seDZ4XQq5WlNLNx-VGHsX2Zho_sHBGTDzjunZZUgPJLQG2fK8Bhd8rDbmIaC428uTTA0u2POk3npmS9bm8dgADOs1Lt_JOAq5fNpapoCSGMn5YawZ6VmHtPYbaUfmEhqleWrydfuqcEwY13BJFv2RfbXkayNekwwHTnIC8BTQS8vKow/s2373/20220928_152124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYAo0HM_bMd1seDZ4XQq5WlNLNx-VGHsX2Zho_sHBGTDzjunZZUgPJLQG2fK8Bhd8rDbmIaC428uTTA0u2POk3npmS9bm8dgADOs1Lt_JOAq5fNpapoCSGMn5YawZ6VmHtPYbaUfmEhqleWrydfuqcEwY13BJFv2RfbXkayNekwwHTnIC8BTQS8vKow/w400-h300/20220928_152124.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L'édifice surplombe la côte depuis une éminence</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZkq6iS2IrqT2dD8h_Rs7aP1HXkedMAuUgqMrXxTPbrF7HCYfy-kMLrJEqWS0HE5VM1dHnYoD-72yuOfRVDhYQrUi3nWHE3wQsPliLguZixe9lnNE0kUuDr59W0B2gvbn7Llv7MFhm4Gi7BniYKlMZh-IXq8XeO3yAA0GKIgSenruz0GqaGY-sbCzqA/s1780/20220928_180134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZkq6iS2IrqT2dD8h_Rs7aP1HXkedMAuUgqMrXxTPbrF7HCYfy-kMLrJEqWS0HE5VM1dHnYoD-72yuOfRVDhYQrUi3nWHE3wQsPliLguZixe9lnNE0kUuDr59W0B2gvbn7Llv7MFhm4Gi7BniYKlMZh-IXq8XeO3yAA0GKIgSenruz0GqaGY-sbCzqA/s320/20220928_180134.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hauteur des remparts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuztbRtsCvdiA4d_CLhuovpK9Ds1SUfq5IBqsPrQ7qO9W3EBN5Wflk9W12ZTibD-mu7yhARa0pp3MC6Tkvsj2blmCuxJxKuIdARt-f03wLJYaIXaGsvQGnlG_wLan4G_9AhFljfWcuwOB14OW7ZZWlKaUmPUlviONLu_uyxB2snG54ZhpYwSdeyPEn-g/s1780/20220929_104232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuztbRtsCvdiA4d_CLhuovpK9Ds1SUfq5IBqsPrQ7qO9W3EBN5Wflk9W12ZTibD-mu7yhARa0pp3MC6Tkvsj2blmCuxJxKuIdARt-f03wLJYaIXaGsvQGnlG_wLan4G_9AhFljfWcuwOB14OW7ZZWlKaUmPUlviONLu_uyxB2snG54ZhpYwSdeyPEn-g/s320/20220929_104232.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tour de gué</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCmEcksZE7nEzl9lFcw09n29jJo5YLZjaS5TEvtQfioppofsvN8Ztdaw9nukBeH0_wSiabxF2h24XSrm7liv4146DSetIV6k-U6xrSzIdnPUJNYU0TUYdXAofIz0ucQT-w1SVoLwHvxo71jR1RjDcJUpE0qBKYgDbLy0dncxM8nu40PvORfum1QOBSw/s1780/20220928_152434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCmEcksZE7nEzl9lFcw09n29jJo5YLZjaS5TEvtQfioppofsvN8Ztdaw9nukBeH0_wSiabxF2h24XSrm7liv4146DSetIV6k-U6xrSzIdnPUJNYU0TUYdXAofIz0ucQT-w1SVoLwHvxo71jR1RjDcJUpE0qBKYgDbLy0dncxM8nu40PvORfum1QOBSw/w300-h400/20220928_152434.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tour d'angle avec porte d'accès</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBI-Bt0CW2-FBH0HGKiNGqA6_Xx2ho3zcBVhBMxVVaCToBa5XATfi6d5HW1P7ExfE11fqabTQfOfE1sppwdP4sAS2twmPB77r68C8xWcKBLNNsVy4qGEwa-Q83VZTmo0IgW3PfPYuXilU-o_146dlGXemFYo7d_pFtBfAsm1BKHLXvBReSw03vVg2DA/s2373/20220929_104221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBI-Bt0CW2-FBH0HGKiNGqA6_Xx2ho3zcBVhBMxVVaCToBa5XATfi6d5HW1P7ExfE11fqabTQfOfE1sppwdP4sAS2twmPB77r68C8xWcKBLNNsVy4qGEwa-Q83VZTmo0IgW3PfPYuXilU-o_146dlGXemFYo7d_pFtBfAsm1BKHLXvBReSw03vVg2DA/w400-h300/20220929_104221.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vue d'un cour intérieure</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8jSBPss8eiWGvkM4--zKLaS7Jkko6X84OuVtG9AT0tV9qpc1YXbal2IacTWQ6y4ZResa-MR0qVvLrYCPFK88qDJ3b3pyaid2fjMfmcGErILYIpUdB74HaYm7VBRW0eRRkJ9HYdHnTMS9L9GSWb4Iy1Uwells6-G5GCEIJ4dTGosJhAKjAN7hsJdk3Q/s1780/20220929_104410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8jSBPss8eiWGvkM4--zKLaS7Jkko6X84OuVtG9AT0tV9qpc1YXbal2IacTWQ6y4ZResa-MR0qVvLrYCPFK88qDJ3b3pyaid2fjMfmcGErILYIpUdB74HaYm7VBRW0eRRkJ9HYdHnTMS9L9GSWb4Iy1Uwells6-G5GCEIJ4dTGosJhAKjAN7hsJdk3Q/s320/20220929_104410.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cellules</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2srGoHpLXTbDURgkzS4DnVK32ErJLBAJpWC0v_qnyFbEer4EwpROFXF_V-AMt48lD5XdcyCJscC4abWab0rOSpnef9oEcrmhifrQw_SvO4VNSe_28WA0H_OxxGMJiqMxzHiPIhK3KQBytOzz341pyWLbHPKK-gi-WJc7-vdGHAaki7AhmLcQtLBj_g/s1780/20220929_104812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2srGoHpLXTbDURgkzS4DnVK32ErJLBAJpWC0v_qnyFbEer4EwpROFXF_V-AMt48lD5XdcyCJscC4abWab0rOSpnef9oEcrmhifrQw_SvO4VNSe_28WA0H_OxxGMJiqMxzHiPIhK3KQBytOzz341pyWLbHPKK-gi-WJc7-vdGHAaki7AhmLcQtLBj_g/s320/20220929_104812.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grande cour intérieure</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkrdEbbuXpLHT-DdX2ZXrxZROfByhLF-GyR1DSCyRqIdJ7rGMoD7a3rkLbODKm352Xeo67MTyww8tq2nZAzZZnIWOltd-qrpyfmxXH1hDiw4SD9YXlvKCOChnwfJxlkcPXs20BxYsIVHNZysx7nL0OIYtd8YNxqSf0frTJv7VdfIc-JJGd9HAI7APTg/s2373/20220929_104530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkrdEbbuXpLHT-DdX2ZXrxZROfByhLF-GyR1DSCyRqIdJ7rGMoD7a3rkLbODKm352Xeo67MTyww8tq2nZAzZZnIWOltd-qrpyfmxXH1hDiw4SD9YXlvKCOChnwfJxlkcPXs20BxYsIVHNZysx7nL0OIYtd8YNxqSf0frTJv7VdfIc-JJGd9HAI7APTg/w400-h300/20220929_104530.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grande cour au cœur du Ribat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzhMtAO_X2YvYYUbATzcH4KMOYUyw1sWudsH7-TQH0GPOuvo1-AJ1aAIiNo893aQSDYv5nHMwpeu0FfFnh6Hud9_EWhg4JHgp-_v0V3kIV9wbGUv25LjM0-TrCXPjxloAPpHT-1HX7mQwbeEQe2QhQoEwMQ1rJYg0oOuhR_kOil4Nj-H5PyFq8-1eqw/s2373/20220929_104922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzhMtAO_X2YvYYUbATzcH4KMOYUyw1sWudsH7-TQH0GPOuvo1-AJ1aAIiNo893aQSDYv5nHMwpeu0FfFnh6Hud9_EWhg4JHgp-_v0V3kIV9wbGUv25LjM0-TrCXPjxloAPpHT-1HX7mQwbeEQe2QhQoEwMQ1rJYg0oOuhR_kOil4Nj-H5PyFq8-1eqw/w400-h300/20220929_104922.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Système intérieur de défense des murailles</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vuCIS9KKSUItywvSlKIA_5f0l7iaTHNFwsk7YZcgU-PyzTXvGNiOaBEKnSLYmFU2G-barqh8TrBoGIaGRM3DGuVnborQLfRGD3hUdmNxtWFc7lGZ278GVh61gOmy2h-n6heBiiDVurSF3YZnJbQew30sLqPRwaNkCoXQxxO3ZwmLHY7A2HZVU_kEIQ/s2373/20220929_105032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vuCIS9KKSUItywvSlKIA_5f0l7iaTHNFwsk7YZcgU-PyzTXvGNiOaBEKnSLYmFU2G-barqh8TrBoGIaGRM3DGuVnborQLfRGD3hUdmNxtWFc7lGZ278GVh61gOmy2h-n6heBiiDVurSF3YZnJbQew30sLqPRwaNkCoXQxxO3ZwmLHY7A2HZVU_kEIQ/w640-h480/20220929_105032.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La grande cour intérieure vue des remparts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqt2zoEDLwHxeedfPgnBFbJNgTZCe_YL7fG94ohtN0FiMwf1ZJJl2CLSpoLVs9fgZGbpgLNFxZK3m4fzzBvvgk_fMBLeAehexrN8C8kUlRcGOZ3Z20dMNv2uyma3gLuEJiDabmJna7GlH_uJ-AM6nqfeLIXdytInzRCnHPwxW1i4xmzAGacCxmqVqxmQ/s1780/20220929_105228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqt2zoEDLwHxeedfPgnBFbJNgTZCe_YL7fG94ohtN0FiMwf1ZJJl2CLSpoLVs9fgZGbpgLNFxZK3m4fzzBvvgk_fMBLeAehexrN8C8kUlRcGOZ3Z20dMNv2uyma3gLuEJiDabmJna7GlH_uJ-AM6nqfeLIXdytInzRCnHPwxW1i4xmzAGacCxmqVqxmQ/w300-h400/20220929_105228.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hate des remparts côté ville</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxr57lpHzO1Su7jNXHw0A9rX9aX08vckH4zEoY9lYnCFFjPDPCC8Phi4czMgdCbPvzuqV6CaMVLuRd7ZbaqwRbcBnDLSyMt_ONeiVdXf_pmg75g4J1hSsa6i-Mlljbl6RhD2HHoT7wZMUrs_eLNutQrmccVGvsEms9X6niqftgyywDRkZJxl-HMJ9Wdg/s3360/20220929_105211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="3360" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxr57lpHzO1Su7jNXHw0A9rX9aX08vckH4zEoY9lYnCFFjPDPCC8Phi4czMgdCbPvzuqV6CaMVLuRd7ZbaqwRbcBnDLSyMt_ONeiVdXf_pmg75g4J1hSsa6i-Mlljbl6RhD2HHoT7wZMUrs_eLNutQrmccVGvsEms9X6niqftgyywDRkZJxl-HMJ9Wdg/w640-h200/20220929_105211.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vue panoramique de la ville depuis les remparts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji25d8rnMdKRmTDaqhbe2ZVZH30nevbwN0puI7W-QHLOHkL2V9rgo_FjorHHJY09Nu6afa1PK8NgREGMyGrsufyASTTpyF8L9g9Wf-1yAcpLljjuKttIt4o0sZz05DvdJoky49ZREAMkddw2aYKKMRqm8jcoPD65BL4zNqOjFRRYW4HWDSOV9C5ghp8Q/s2373/20220929_105356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji25d8rnMdKRmTDaqhbe2ZVZH30nevbwN0puI7W-QHLOHkL2V9rgo_FjorHHJY09Nu6afa1PK8NgREGMyGrsufyASTTpyF8L9g9Wf-1yAcpLljjuKttIt4o0sZz05DvdJoky49ZREAMkddw2aYKKMRqm8jcoPD65BL4zNqOjFRRYW4HWDSOV9C5ghp8Q/w400-h300/20220929_105356.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Les créneaux</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbhTtU0aLYPDKUqmD16I_oQptbSZd0asUFZK0tnGaokUlgVn4VRloycoW2O-eJceHg6L9ek5bIh0vBtG3wUQFhR25XgMwGfWQSdRMOqtgOjtC3BfK7l3lQX97PF_l3KLxkDpvdb3dgkKehSYDvnkTcdPvUyMRz3D12YVZYcjWDF9QcvJeijuWimLhpQ/s293/20221001_181608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="293" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbhTtU0aLYPDKUqmD16I_oQptbSZd0asUFZK0tnGaokUlgVn4VRloycoW2O-eJceHg6L9ek5bIh0vBtG3wUQFhR25XgMwGfWQSdRMOqtgOjtC3BfK7l3lQX97PF_l3KLxkDpvdb3dgkKehSYDvnkTcdPvUyMRz3D12YVZYcjWDF9QcvJeijuWimLhpQ/w640-h481/20221001_181608.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeu de lumières sur les remparts<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-82383100226161346062022-10-27T09:33:00.000-07:002022-10-27T09:33:36.286-07:00MONASTIR's Medina<p style="text-align: justify;"> As opposed to Hammamet, whose medina is more residential, the old medina of Monastir is simply another section of town with its shops and public buildings. But it also shares the fact that it is enclosed within ancient defensive walls. This is because in the past the inhabitants feared the attacks coming from the sea.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So, Monastir's Medina may not have the charms of Hammamet's but it is still a great place to visit. As it is full of trades and activity, it takes you back in time and into an oriental atmosphere through both eyes and scents.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Besides the everyday trade, some of the alleys are truly picturesque. You may also come across some old buildings and a few interesting doors with specific designs so typical of Tunisia. </p><p style="text-align: right;"><b><i>C.S.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjo1DGZeRQ6zK1KLUpZlvMJfzBx16M1GjWpBcSWKxwNavCEyJFBLlFZB6G1AuSnWNOlb1QI0c-1PD4HOoAXLhhnXX40tbQf2Kewv_oQXj4sLt2apyLBdINtGNEVXmNcLr331N2rdww1mQc-0iWaIouEqnc-WiKby4bly67vtLz_JxMRqukcn9h3IL1g/s2373/20220928_155603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjo1DGZeRQ6zK1KLUpZlvMJfzBx16M1GjWpBcSWKxwNavCEyJFBLlFZB6G1AuSnWNOlb1QI0c-1PD4HOoAXLhhnXX40tbQf2Kewv_oQXj4sLt2apyLBdINtGNEVXmNcLr331N2rdww1mQc-0iWaIouEqnc-WiKby4bly67vtLz_JxMRqukcn9h3IL1g/w400-h300/20220928_155603.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A souvenir shop</td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXAbUU4Tf9wAfkOtiKQcoGzoBt2C_X8NUSukC9OuHknT2lwNSOVULaDxT6QYs_atIK4TI65n61KbAXNANkwKLa6ku5bo6BGxK31ou55MP_RMp9uWHXyxBDbYYnrdkjqtgaF-zcpGazR-abBZdV6oHA3dXYszTXwBzlUr_u6F-fTaCpdab0Agpkc5Tkw/s1780/20220928_174857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXAbUU4Tf9wAfkOtiKQcoGzoBt2C_X8NUSukC9OuHknT2lwNSOVULaDxT6QYs_atIK4TI65n61KbAXNANkwKLa6ku5bo6BGxK31ou55MP_RMp9uWHXyxBDbYYnrdkjqtgaF-zcpGazR-abBZdV6oHA3dXYszTXwBzlUr_u6F-fTaCpdab0Agpkc5Tkw/w300-h400/20220928_174857.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Street with minaret</td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorjYMr_13V6x4T2B2tFhgNNK1bG2at0iXbqagTW3CIwXCN0j9NE2DmDGiy2y27OkTwDDFhfoCN6bJ4qfol7dZ1ei4p-IvAFQRK_NZEUBbK4BBzJuv0D-27Ya4oLa3WkQd6B6hvLmHR37-qtlHMMw__Whhi-78ia3Mi6SggNATRh7OqnJvOtte44AzlA/s2373/20220929_112202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorjYMr_13V6x4T2B2tFhgNNK1bG2at0iXbqagTW3CIwXCN0j9NE2DmDGiy2y27OkTwDDFhfoCN6bJ4qfol7dZ1ei4p-IvAFQRK_NZEUBbK4BBzJuv0D-27Ya4oLa3WkQd6B6hvLmHR37-qtlHMMw__Whhi-78ia3Mi6SggNATRh7OqnJvOtte44AzlA/w400-h300/20220929_112202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wall window</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6GT6S_95PUlYPZt4a7Kd-kIKGUBSrQyTEGxHBRRxTJnB6vd0uDsfNpYnu3-qjCBq5kO17rA2w290QiC8NOVQl-tlfdPItbEszTx_NnURLskl9-Tw6fdN3MUjAQXhT6anzSwl6bsLblUUOep1wTSrlgRk5XZsAntnRrckvtfk6WImYOxhxVvPKwPtQQ/s1780/20220929_112223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6GT6S_95PUlYPZt4a7Kd-kIKGUBSrQyTEGxHBRRxTJnB6vd0uDsfNpYnu3-qjCBq5kO17rA2w290QiC8NOVQl-tlfdPItbEszTx_NnURLskl9-Tw6fdN3MUjAQXhT6anzSwl6bsLblUUOep1wTSrlgRk5XZsAntnRrckvtfk6WImYOxhxVvPKwPtQQ/s320/20220929_112223.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Door to a mosque</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXUy5hKN9K0aP369EBBXaEWTYH-hgasHyizbkgaCGErOJHK-gZUo10m4PFNswfJayMpNsdbrBc4RYwgjHmuQJx34VOebQ9XS1QAaOM9JfM4kNDjWsE26Y4IM1SeOL7bA62T-MA_7iilN7nS470lTbcBqZEArYjfLwcHlJOLStQiaSPLCGcyTpCFUbgA/s1780/20220929_112304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXUy5hKN9K0aP369EBBXaEWTYH-hgasHyizbkgaCGErOJHK-gZUo10m4PFNswfJayMpNsdbrBc4RYwgjHmuQJx34VOebQ9XS1QAaOM9JfM4kNDjWsE26Y4IM1SeOL7bA62T-MA_7iilN7nS470lTbcBqZEArYjfLwcHlJOLStQiaSPLCGcyTpCFUbgA/s320/20220929_112304.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical alley<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRGmiR7xB4pxgFzh2fWiJtP4FR9av52VUz-wBhHwAtnQjFCHmYosBg35nyDMR5Fcvb-HIlxz65w6Lrj1NkI9IkF7rIfu6IkiU9znYbZBDrtAmf5ONP1Xv-PKsQnCDLzZHcak55jpi5SsZllR7paihjNArrGxiRwcUgBraFo3Qual2tg5roJ5I0nVmZQ/s2373/20220929_112425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRGmiR7xB4pxgFzh2fWiJtP4FR9av52VUz-wBhHwAtnQjFCHmYosBg35nyDMR5Fcvb-HIlxz65w6Lrj1NkI9IkF7rIfu6IkiU9znYbZBDrtAmf5ONP1Xv-PKsQnCDLzZHcak55jpi5SsZllR7paihjNArrGxiRwcUgBraFo3Qual2tg5roJ5I0nVmZQ/w400-h300/20220929_112425.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A covered street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZuteOhsIRiupOW2WRIB3arWgMNeWmlFqpoTnlF8jDAb7xo9AQrDn0FPZYCtpt2jtotSjYzd6aTc1yzKi9C_cBFX5W6ZQeuT28LZycrOpUgWdg0ilX6VPW6Dt3k_Z19Hhl2CjEPHpXspib3x5SpzBwjDyXO0brr31ImL5udypIPyHrlnfkrJjhRuCMw/s1780/20220929_112613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZuteOhsIRiupOW2WRIB3arWgMNeWmlFqpoTnlF8jDAb7xo9AQrDn0FPZYCtpt2jtotSjYzd6aTc1yzKi9C_cBFX5W6ZQeuT28LZycrOpUgWdg0ilX6VPW6Dt3k_Z19Hhl2CjEPHpXspib3x5SpzBwjDyXO0brr31ImL5udypIPyHrlnfkrJjhRuCMw/s320/20220929_112613.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old house designs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoHPa1iv7p-8R4kjvAqej_8M9jelUXE4-Jm7Z1purRWvgqAmYSLRHFSBdmppbzDCMi42X7WRUK_xurg1nFMZgI8M64nsyhU1LxL5ixwKmU51PzaaWNDHwMYWkOMR6GXiAqbRbr3MjOrVjCaVrkBKJinWWUMXTwp2LJjS7oII1cyCL-9KFGwZTWL6Mdg/s1780/20220929_112842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoHPa1iv7p-8R4kjvAqej_8M9jelUXE4-Jm7Z1purRWvgqAmYSLRHFSBdmppbzDCMi42X7WRUK_xurg1nFMZgI8M64nsyhU1LxL5ixwKmU51PzaaWNDHwMYWkOMR6GXiAqbRbr3MjOrVjCaVrkBKJinWWUMXTwp2LJjS7oII1cyCL-9KFGwZTWL6Mdg/s320/20220929_112842.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the city-wall gates</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09P_o-0thga1uBrA7bJJevRZCh8NuMbIJQYlLoRlRUcGY_W6oICYtMyUMzyERpKKELyn6rPWmTFGLXp9DXyL-0M12LOTHAD41UEop3PpC4eeZO3eiakrBLg3P7KuOZTYXc05lzgfo1h_-1TMRZ-VK9etrVYzedhkApfflL9kcPXiW1gZRu0HlMf-KAQ/s1780/20220929_113259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09P_o-0thga1uBrA7bJJevRZCh8NuMbIJQYlLoRlRUcGY_W6oICYtMyUMzyERpKKELyn6rPWmTFGLXp9DXyL-0M12LOTHAD41UEop3PpC4eeZO3eiakrBLg3P7KuOZTYXc05lzgfo1h_-1TMRZ-VK9etrVYzedhkApfflL9kcPXiW1gZRu0HlMf-KAQ/w300-h400/20220929_113259.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wall tower</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Lf-u-SVo3fu8iu8q4nksRi8GgZWreCHVyTPwWYat9KVNXA_D1ILZ7yvHwKcMDMqCQCbR0-vjTLSnTUsG91SjdoqE_8dZFVFit8qUjcfieCVSl-FF7vFJj87xEfIFZuL5ANAToHdeueP-0KtfRrJAardGhmJtD9PX9kJ_zdwQ_T7igr5_IFeb8izGNQ/s2299/20220930_130538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2299" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Lf-u-SVo3fu8iu8q4nksRi8GgZWreCHVyTPwWYat9KVNXA_D1ILZ7yvHwKcMDMqCQCbR0-vjTLSnTUsG91SjdoqE_8dZFVFit8qUjcfieCVSl-FF7vFJj87xEfIFZuL5ANAToHdeueP-0KtfRrJAardGhmJtD9PX9kJ_zdwQ_T7igr5_IFeb8izGNQ/w400-h300/20220930_130538.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another city gate</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFodgfxMJvhECw_RekiKUR-Kib5-NRLCgDsuP-uiJUhLWK7wAvxVlbst6KkgLERBNcEFPO_4IOaz9MdqFM7h7bGtdUThqhaYfkOhK_LRaFdWxLnekLPpqJOdXA-YEMGZCXxEbB4jxOK0BvbcjP-sMm5CdRs1z2uiXl1wjylY2_WDaJsne7nrWm7XQY_Q/s2299/20220930_130942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2299" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFodgfxMJvhECw_RekiKUR-Kib5-NRLCgDsuP-uiJUhLWK7wAvxVlbst6KkgLERBNcEFPO_4IOaz9MdqFM7h7bGtdUThqhaYfkOhK_LRaFdWxLnekLPpqJOdXA-YEMGZCXxEbB4jxOK0BvbcjP-sMm5CdRs1z2uiXl1wjylY2_WDaJsne7nrWm7XQY_Q/w640-h480/20220930_130942.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Date seller</td></tr></tbody></table>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-64920811806452996932022-10-27T00:40:00.005-07:002022-10-27T09:16:30.389-07:00MONASTIR: A diverse and pleasant resort-city<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6hhJG32Kmiq2KoNbEtOxKag8Ch4SmP7ZmutEx45y8xUNiVIA11xsGcN0bEgWvjtKpVuHdFKXfBzo2oWiFcloqeYv_3Efm18dVcSzAEsqpwf1ZQ3c3EzxXVJTc_xMcLKFG15AcsXPz0AqMMYzxX-LTdMvjV_PemlAwH6jgTEaj-v4KPLZQMAfGyO58g/s3360/20220929_101535.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="3360" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6hhJG32Kmiq2KoNbEtOxKag8Ch4SmP7ZmutEx45y8xUNiVIA11xsGcN0bEgWvjtKpVuHdFKXfBzo2oWiFcloqeYv_3Efm18dVcSzAEsqpwf1ZQ3c3EzxXVJTc_xMcLKFG15AcsXPz0AqMMYzxX-LTdMvjV_PemlAwH6jgTEaj-v4KPLZQMAfGyO58g/w640-h242/20220929_101535.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cove near the Marina</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Halfway on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Tunisia, Monastir offers a superb and diverse location, prone to please all.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAUFWEi8ozAssnjblFyqImVhX2L6KtPW5CgmP4SE24s1JMxzZciaxPqtf1WOrDLKcyaLMsOKk4oODbUz3w-e21ysK7iv9QGtbeouB0aLSz7HSqtL426-WEJVOVFS3roE4Y9-3icyD30jkO5Niz-ehpjUBcKGP4B8edtXRNlBO2Ee_u8H-NG8tKZY5oQ/s1780/20220928_151227.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAUFWEi8ozAssnjblFyqImVhX2L6KtPW5CgmP4SE24s1JMxzZciaxPqtf1WOrDLKcyaLMsOKk4oODbUz3w-e21ysK7iv9QGtbeouB0aLSz7HSqtL426-WEJVOVFS3roE4Y9-3icyD30jkO5Niz-ehpjUBcKGP4B8edtXRNlBO2Ee_u8H-NG8tKZY5oQ/s320/20220928_151227.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Monastir, the former Punic-Roman '<i>Ruspina'</i>, has been built on a promontory above the Mediterranean. Although it looks modern in many ways, there is still an old town, called the medina, entirely surrounded by walls. The massive fort, called the <i>Ribat</i>, was built to protect the harbor and the city from pirates or foreign invaders such as the Byzantines. Monastir is also the hometown of <b>Habib Bourguiba</b> (1903-2000), the Father of the Tunisian Republic and its first President. His impressive mausoleum stands near the Ribat, being de facto the second landmark of the town.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The seafront promenade, below the Ribat, is currently undergoing a major renovation. It offers a wonderful seafront with a small sandy beach that makes the pride of the city. The Marina is also nearby and remains a place of stroll and leisure for visitors and city-dwellers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Located just behind the Great Mosque and its tall minaret, the old town remains a scenic and pleasurable section of Monastir. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Monastir has an international airport allowing holiday-makers to easily reach the many hotels and resorts on the coast. Consequently, Monastir is an ideal place to combine a vacation with a bit of sightseeing. As a matter of fact, many interesting sites can be visited nearby: Sousse (N), Mahdia (S), El-Djem (S-W), or even Kairouan (E).</p><p style="text-align: right;"><b><i>C.S.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoeH2QeHXePXAzfmcDg9gpfSnBDl3ZIdukNr25gJaKdv2ZH_DL-e4f6rGjWC86IqJRRAXnIdgU9-VR9nfhANCxsp0cR2FQWkJFs6aihOEGTNNlRaSmPIb_CLDyKPNWYVKm2MqFJJgLMN4CWZ9HMeeOBQI37MVLoGbkk-bwXwqOriAa4qBJSO1WL9QZw/s2373/20220928_151949.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoeH2QeHXePXAzfmcDg9gpfSnBDl3ZIdukNr25gJaKdv2ZH_DL-e4f6rGjWC86IqJRRAXnIdgU9-VR9nfhANCxsp0cR2FQWkJFs6aihOEGTNNlRaSmPIb_CLDyKPNWYVKm2MqFJJgLMN4CWZ9HMeeOBQI37MVLoGbkk-bwXwqOriAa4qBJSO1WL9QZw/w400-h300/20220928_151949.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ribat</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKM3GGgYApIM1aG8QMzsnKFu10RbqZcSfB-8PnEyF900Lf9R8AVctk7d5aerlqqRzlLdjZNWxL-u02TBdB3Ptrou88EC8jksXTXtO16QPb3-AMhYdBZ0Rz099nLVugRgpQNrFZqPXf2P7LjOTLvw2llBU0ohXtRnd_NhUwRzhyTjzhVC2Y1vPKr5tXzw/s2943/20220928_155240.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="2943" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKM3GGgYApIM1aG8QMzsnKFu10RbqZcSfB-8PnEyF900Lf9R8AVctk7d5aerlqqRzlLdjZNWxL-u02TBdB3Ptrou88EC8jksXTXtO16QPb3-AMhYdBZ0Rz099nLVugRgpQNrFZqPXf2P7LjOTLvw2llBU0ohXtRnd_NhUwRzhyTjzhVC2Y1vPKr5tXzw/w400-h241/20220928_155240.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old and the new</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZjmvue1RgaTRa9Nq2BY49Yr74jRCuK05C_QPE2mfzR5IIWXEzXebVIHeJ35CfCFVrFLjL6XhaI4VKliB8xxAScvq1MfzdUPCjI6bUWYxbccVPCYCLWFdWvelotquMHoMG_jIkNhxFBVi8Yc60jAkEJvEk8V6I9_6U91-j5HNP0sKxvgWlpL_cIoPIw/s2373/20220928_151318.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZjmvue1RgaTRa9Nq2BY49Yr74jRCuK05C_QPE2mfzR5IIWXEzXebVIHeJ35CfCFVrFLjL6XhaI4VKliB8xxAScvq1MfzdUPCjI6bUWYxbccVPCYCLWFdWvelotquMHoMG_jIkNhxFBVi8Yc60jAkEJvEk8V6I9_6U91-j5HNP0sKxvgWlpL_cIoPIw/w640-h480/20220928_151318.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Marina</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAeB2APLnR76x86pWJWw9xNff49mCzWo9XkRYqzZDw2kb3U587nUrMM4X4J3FmhkkrAIbZOp2K9PR-LNPdhV4zd2NaF_MR8e1Qm7sQqGHsU5bLapl86Yqii4N4irbGWTn7-n_jIUjNb1ciij0_RS8WY7PYDQgVJyUaUH2L4KtTknBcuglbcFOQmZsaQ/s2373/20220928_155848.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAeB2APLnR76x86pWJWw9xNff49mCzWo9XkRYqzZDw2kb3U587nUrMM4X4J3FmhkkrAIbZOp2K9PR-LNPdhV4zd2NaF_MR8e1Qm7sQqGHsU5bLapl86Yqii4N4irbGWTn7-n_jIUjNb1ciij0_RS8WY7PYDQgVJyUaUH2L4KtTknBcuglbcFOQmZsaQ/w400-h300/20220928_155848.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown main square</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHnrwn7qYcTI4dIr2HB-NVFQ0N5rDWDj6NEKCLXgHCC1hujwVFO63AIUA1XGi3jV7H-yBzQ9awYZvATnBW93UvUsjGPJWxfLNfWLkfic40hiZ6wNicYe3bNB9a0w-aJZrN2tVvxA1r9VdzzSEfsSy8F1Rht-xH14U12feOkurPleWLx3Gn3jscAKenA/s2373/20220928_162022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHnrwn7qYcTI4dIr2HB-NVFQ0N5rDWDj6NEKCLXgHCC1hujwVFO63AIUA1XGi3jV7H-yBzQ9awYZvATnBW93UvUsjGPJWxfLNfWLkfic40hiZ6wNicYe3bNB9a0w-aJZrN2tVvxA1r9VdzzSEfsSy8F1Rht-xH14U12feOkurPleWLx3Gn3jscAKenA/s320/20220928_162022.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fishing harbor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmK2sNWDxuLkaNLbHB6ICINTZJDeWGA2QzhkcUAd6_IeoAOzgea17hgAuLm-N_pB2StVWI3AMHCrF5N3U4UHKrrM6uGe1XSdxKxZuzYZ9OPA_eR6lHH-dFYlH9SPidKbGeX6kBD1XwF7UrAUwMvoBvzbounDRYFfAc-zwhvXINK0iSxmY7lznM7j44Q/s2373/20220929_105340.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmK2sNWDxuLkaNLbHB6ICINTZJDeWGA2QzhkcUAd6_IeoAOzgea17hgAuLm-N_pB2StVWI3AMHCrF5N3U4UHKrrM6uGe1XSdxKxZuzYZ9OPA_eR6lHH-dFYlH9SPidKbGeX6kBD1XwF7UrAUwMvoBvzbounDRYFfAc-zwhvXINK0iSxmY7lznM7j44Q/w400-h300/20220929_105340.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The central cemetery<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiLRYYHnJawGAYS-ILsMf-5BOdycXgpcy-zrUJcXGTQJDeedpoaNc6AnbOEd-fi6rWvSi3HgbmmEKcWmzULvsn0C0Ksf7yog3NSMhmO9G1Ct9qZ41p4gVL7rkKt0zlJj7DTEpm_F9xZNd-jI1Z02ZBRjQEeAUffpZxBTkxTNuK4_PEiJQUBvZEDuseA/s2373/20220928_160803.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiLRYYHnJawGAYS-ILsMf-5BOdycXgpcy-zrUJcXGTQJDeedpoaNc6AnbOEd-fi6rWvSi3HgbmmEKcWmzULvsn0C0Ksf7yog3NSMhmO9G1Ct9qZ41p4gVL7rkKt0zlJj7DTEpm_F9xZNd-jI1Z02ZBRjQEeAUffpZxBTkxTNuK4_PEiJQUBvZEDuseA/w400-h300/20220928_160803.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The city's public beach</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpF_hkaa9wvMN0mMQfP52KlExfljERBfrJi8nXukBWnUE70aDCvHAqJdIEXN8gH2AEw9Pg8rv_mHf3qQ9EXO4JX7ugJtoebtejIuLgjIwga-ftCsF2UrfDaIWdRE7wMmbn-fGgszVMWOEdXFAXNyt-wSlPyXxycxIW_EY0NglaLCX8gxPI7wSJRf8HCA/s2373/20220929_105812.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpF_hkaa9wvMN0mMQfP52KlExfljERBfrJi8nXukBWnUE70aDCvHAqJdIEXN8gH2AEw9Pg8rv_mHf3qQ9EXO4JX7ugJtoebtejIuLgjIwga-ftCsF2UrfDaIWdRE7wMmbn-fGgszVMWOEdXFAXNyt-wSlPyXxycxIW_EY0NglaLCX8gxPI7wSJRf8HCA/w640-h480/20220929_105812.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seaview</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkiTeYh_nXmqk4vOofUwMUWhS8DRwB-JMjkSiSyutlhWGMXpZpmu1zhFFPw_lVQ-TgQ-4zI5ssAdbqLwl-0IowB4ztnODvwNcuPzGIbKdnM6h5g_UIaGaqrgftu4z2hlGQx7Dyi58-eiEUrQCfwlYYLzQYO0xaxo8sDnMhZW2SpTALj3qzOd_dCKN2A/s2373/20220929_110601.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkiTeYh_nXmqk4vOofUwMUWhS8DRwB-JMjkSiSyutlhWGMXpZpmu1zhFFPw_lVQ-TgQ-4zI5ssAdbqLwl-0IowB4ztnODvwNcuPzGIbKdnM6h5g_UIaGaqrgftu4z2hlGQx7Dyi58-eiEUrQCfwlYYLzQYO0xaxo8sDnMhZW2SpTALj3qzOd_dCKN2A/w640-h480/20220929_110601.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The seaside boulevard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYtec2UO7NLwPgP8--5zDK5PmT4O-smwWGQff7mvlhyyPEvJUENgFQVPzx1S-Bj2hESxeWGUuvEUKcrF-r-iDV1B7pm6clnhkTj1ibPHqWXJLgVh7AFCNi2xS59v6pQWcSGrhSxy4JXY0QnshuPiFWUvx8y6E_2C26m9DrHLvrFvoZ4_X-uXTQ3Omug/s2299/20220930_160130.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2299" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYtec2UO7NLwPgP8--5zDK5PmT4O-smwWGQff7mvlhyyPEvJUENgFQVPzx1S-Bj2hESxeWGUuvEUKcrF-r-iDV1B7pm6clnhkTj1ibPHqWXJLgVh7AFCNi2xS59v6pQWcSGrhSxy4JXY0QnshuPiFWUvx8y6E_2C26m9DrHLvrFvoZ4_X-uXTQ3Omug/w400-h300/20220930_160130.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Corniche drive</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsorr787g5cfiv-Z0JTbJ4h3EEeCeRS-6v4gty1UyRcMN8lJjx8RxI68P_ccGGZQnXRVpQ-j5mQmtKvUQq92NVCs0TQmne5Uzt6Z3yDz-EJW_zOmfTxWiKGQPW3JEv9tO6jNgfs_C9nJZfqfXMPJD4TM87_KeJXCr855BqkylI1bieZj1hlFbOojZS7g/s1724/20220930_155940.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="1293" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsorr787g5cfiv-Z0JTbJ4h3EEeCeRS-6v4gty1UyRcMN8lJjx8RxI68P_ccGGZQnXRVpQ-j5mQmtKvUQq92NVCs0TQmne5Uzt6Z3yDz-EJW_zOmfTxWiKGQPW3JEv9tO6jNgfs_C9nJZfqfXMPJD4TM87_KeJXCr855BqkylI1bieZj1hlFbOojZS7g/s320/20220930_155940.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The door of a private home</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRtRqLyk2sRzVtqnagRNWeRy0tuM_5Qp3ZJN1Ks6VyQqZXeK6sIZsse7hoDtaoBZxshN9x69W9_oODXaFtD2p6A-ik8rXpZ9QSXSHSpS8TmvhD98KxabQPdPMOi7qGFZNtEAEnbbOGLSVF9_Oc7wefrKwf_V3kJcTTtudCO4a4vqgZW5GpCr6B0kaMQ/s1724/20220930_110907.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="1153" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRtRqLyk2sRzVtqnagRNWeRy0tuM_5Qp3ZJN1Ks6VyQqZXeK6sIZsse7hoDtaoBZxshN9x69W9_oODXaFtD2p6A-ik8rXpZ9QSXSHSpS8TmvhD98KxabQPdPMOi7qGFZNtEAEnbbOGLSVF9_Oc7wefrKwf_V3kJcTTtudCO4a4vqgZW5GpCr6B0kaMQ/s320/20220930_110907.jpg" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0M2C_NkQeMXGs7K8bVsT4Q9YQJeKYnw7Khwb60gN8YoySCSc53crXfUaE3TlvKhNvfnk8iPA-95TQGt1vBfauk8x5UCMuJxEy1L-h8FcpS0SMChOWiPC2NUgwb7gYQA9otJl9a9dI3a7q4yNmaN4PwkD-WMBjioe_wqhWkwpzKLG0Y71e0-xq6C08w/s2299/20220930_160147.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2299" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0M2C_NkQeMXGs7K8bVsT4Q9YQJeKYnw7Khwb60gN8YoySCSc53crXfUaE3TlvKhNvfnk8iPA-95TQGt1vBfauk8x5UCMuJxEy1L-h8FcpS0SMChOWiPC2NUgwb7gYQA9otJl9a9dI3a7q4yNmaN4PwkD-WMBjioe_wqhWkwpzKLG0Y71e0-xq6C08w/w400-h300/20220930_160147.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A coffeeshop terrace on the Corniche</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmYTk19tGaDaJluxXkFAej2INkEgZqOhEsJp3Hr1BDJzTfNbDR0twv7K6jpM4Be_A2IKZ740uZxVG7rv6IX5Wal1GMXeuM5xm1odqV005iwTbAyFh0t-umeysg2iyZ7iYQIS9NWbK54cAkKfr9-_6RF1sG433-C_ogyzHDkren19o6z4h5zApNelyCQ/s2373/20220928_180301.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmYTk19tGaDaJluxXkFAej2INkEgZqOhEsJp3Hr1BDJzTfNbDR0twv7K6jpM4Be_A2IKZ740uZxVG7rv6IX5Wal1GMXeuM5xm1odqV005iwTbAyFh0t-umeysg2iyZ7iYQIS9NWbK54cAkKfr9-_6RF1sG433-C_ogyzHDkren19o6z4h5zApNelyCQ/w400-h300/20220928_180301.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evening scene on the central square</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yGmeEgOM3_SqAHW1S-5ZwHnYYq9h6M3mBiTWiESrPgQpQnKnfK3xzd1XC1C_Pa6qgi8ikctgN4pBSA5EnD727nawAoIUHphKOams18amlsrT_nbVknDGI7nhj6sZvaiUYvwzgBGuufSOy7f7aP12ylX7bkT18-GLdFzWElKaWX53KIxFhEbb3iAFaQ/s2373/20220929_183721.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yGmeEgOM3_SqAHW1S-5ZwHnYYq9h6M3mBiTWiESrPgQpQnKnfK3xzd1XC1C_Pa6qgi8ikctgN4pBSA5EnD727nawAoIUHphKOams18amlsrT_nbVknDGI7nhj6sZvaiUYvwzgBGuufSOy7f7aP12ylX7bkT18-GLdFzWElKaWX53KIxFhEbb3iAFaQ/w400-h300/20220929_183721.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evening view</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicv3R6vQGmZszTLfBBtGJ1FUPu-ax-KQSjZrCmctgUU_IgEtnuDnDPVZlUnpWPvocFsj63ocUiV0AKW5Hxs-cDyzdjWd16jTdia9aYMG3EVoDZiESl7KvlGiSmGkWQ7iX_mE-vDkkPzOKWq1q-h7-1pMIE8vzZr0veRz56aneOCLY7pI33v9ZbsM8bHQ/s2633/20220929_183827.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="2633" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicv3R6vQGmZszTLfBBtGJ1FUPu-ax-KQSjZrCmctgUU_IgEtnuDnDPVZlUnpWPvocFsj63ocUiV0AKW5Hxs-cDyzdjWd16jTdia9aYMG3EVoDZiESl7KvlGiSmGkWQ7iX_mE-vDkkPzOKWq1q-h7-1pMIE8vzZr0veRz56aneOCLY7pI33v9ZbsM8bHQ/s320/20220929_183827.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A mosque at night</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVr8FtsPf3cJkPnHcIw9wfrmdr1Y2qGeH9-cywlnaeu5Isq9zx3QsaoPfjp2ZaXOu_8SD8EZS09ikS4ThOZLEmKAAZWDSlzeyf8tl2NzGQWHoFD6jyNELrBOPXt3EYBRuC8vchsFkZ9BsVzlIkxe5JnOEUMYHHN_bFSRQFcI28rnqPgylvmTJa80HoA/s1780/20220929_184018.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVr8FtsPf3cJkPnHcIw9wfrmdr1Y2qGeH9-cywlnaeu5Isq9zx3QsaoPfjp2ZaXOu_8SD8EZS09ikS4ThOZLEmKAAZWDSlzeyf8tl2NzGQWHoFD6jyNELrBOPXt3EYBRuC8vchsFkZ9BsVzlIkxe5JnOEUMYHHN_bFSRQFcI28rnqPgylvmTJa80HoA/s320/20220929_184018.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moonlight over a minaret</td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLU_V9NkEHdh5eLI-Vqw97g7MLNS85Emkd_r_vvHzgqZ0pfKcCTkTe6-gx0niMUYWjw88zSDgQHJyW56Z0PL7VVmHVD2ihPyr_GvPsP1PhxSJUwOHoUCHdFj2hv00bYeQglo3Zg_FLsS6C3x1JKP1usLJCkgdOb83JKrZvu6plEDDO0mktu2xIqFV3A/s1724/20220930_180954.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="1293" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLU_V9NkEHdh5eLI-Vqw97g7MLNS85Emkd_r_vvHzgqZ0pfKcCTkTe6-gx0niMUYWjw88zSDgQHJyW56Z0PL7VVmHVD2ihPyr_GvPsP1PhxSJUwOHoUCHdFj2hv00bYeQglo3Zg_FLsS6C3x1JKP1usLJCkgdOb83JKrZvu6plEDDO0mktu2xIqFV3A/s320/20220930_180954.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evening light at the Marina</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGrJF0ay1qnaiSXrwbepmdXm3Cgr2i0i31DMnN1Z-KLhL8Q4XCrvaMvd1r8lRzkz_C_PU_J9B_KFIgvJskiyO7ubyFuEGQHlRm3fDW9bmqnjrXwt0jhcbY1e5hm9DX9zTXNJtBJi299wEU8xQEivYFlHdqM_0m52V-TZNIHxHOliPNXh7l9_vNhFfkA/s3360/20220929_110514.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="3360" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGrJF0ay1qnaiSXrwbepmdXm3Cgr2i0i31DMnN1Z-KLhL8Q4XCrvaMvd1r8lRzkz_C_PU_J9B_KFIgvJskiyO7ubyFuEGQHlRm3fDW9bmqnjrXwt0jhcbY1e5hm9DX9zTXNJtBJi299wEU8xQEivYFlHdqM_0m52V-TZNIHxHOliPNXh7l9_vNhFfkA/w640-h130/20220929_110514.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panoramic view of Monastir</td></tr></tbody></table>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-72096447925295656172022-10-23T11:39:00.000-07:002022-10-23T11:39:14.291-07:00Monastir : ce qu’un nom peut parfois révéler<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;">Voisine de Sousse et située entre Hammamet, au nord, et Sfax, au sud, la Ville de Monastir a une histoire fort intéressante, un peu oblitérée aujourd’hui par sa réputation de station balnéaire.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> La topographie locale nous donne tout d’abord quelques précieuses indications sur le choix du site. </p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJekawbIetDM6vgjRS8A1L8XeGFQbv_1oWctvlxs24ddigQu84_vaKz4yAsjxLjAElCtpturuQIbjHhtuW_O0wpnkWXI51GTss8iRC4q-GfBoINoi-Xnv9WWPAfBU3QvhpdUL8ZNT3KZKmnPObV6rV5HpPgXjDP-w_m_kWv2y8iY-0raRpIn328tVMSw/s720/Fig.1-Co%CC%82te%20orientale%20Tunisie.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJekawbIetDM6vgjRS8A1L8XeGFQbv_1oWctvlxs24ddigQu84_vaKz4yAsjxLjAElCtpturuQIbjHhtuW_O0wpnkWXI51GTss8iRC4q-GfBoINoi-Xnv9WWPAfBU3QvhpdUL8ZNT3KZKmnPObV6rV5HpPgXjDP-w_m_kWv2y8iY-0raRpIn328tVMSw/s320/Fig.1-Co%CC%82te%20orientale%20Tunisie.png" width="236" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 1</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Que voit-on en regardant sa position géographique ? Outre le fait que ce soit un lieu central sur la côte du golfe de Gabès (Fig.1), on remarque qu’il s’agit d’une péninsule, à vrai dire, atypique (Fig.2). Cette péninsule est tournée à la fois vers le nord (le golfe d’Hammamet), mais elle s’ouvre largement aussi sur la partie orientale de la côte méditerranéenne, ayant même un œil en direction du sud, l’ancien lac Tritonis des Grecs [Τριτωνίδα λίμνην]. Mais ce n’est pas tout ! La partie terrestre occidentale est largement occupée par un vaste lac séparant Monastir du reste du pays ; de telle sorte qu’on est en présence d’une presqu’île. En outre, le long de la partie orientale de la péninsule, il existe deux autres presqu’îles formant chacune une anse. La première se trouve côté nord - celle de la Marina moderne - et la seconde forme un magnifique havre : celui du port de pêche.<p></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>En d’autres termes, ce lieu fait donc figure d’un remarquable site naturel défensif. Et évidemment, ce sont les Phéniciens qui ont été les premiers à en exploiter la situation. La topographie des lieux correspond d’ailleurs aux choix habituels phéniciens, tels que l’on les retrouve dans d’autres comptoirs méditerranéens. Le site archéologique de Ruspina [RSPN] a été d’abord phénicien (IV<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>e</sup></span> siècle av. J.-C.), puis punique et enfin romain (146 av. J.-C.).</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Y-a-t-il une relation entre l’isolement naturel d’une presqu’île et le nom d’un lieu? Cette question se pose véritablement pour le toponyme de Monastir. Ce mot serait issu du terme grec <i>monastérion</i> [μοναστήριον], “célibataire” ou “solitaire” pour qualifier l’isolement monastique d’une cellule de moine.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvob-usKUVVck6Dd6aj9OY-ezwcdgGGAIMbTLMnQPslGAh-4Sfih8AohIQ2az-y277Yo3kns8fYh85SbQV8cs2zSa9DeGBIS6KU5uy12gD2Ts0STS31ZukAIWU0Jb8uFutabHcceb7g3f-o8MjiSAAUe2MXGnbFO83Og3kt9JbwTv8LdMN8OYsr81ug/s1292/Fig.2-Map%20of%20Monastir.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1292" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvob-usKUVVck6Dd6aj9OY-ezwcdgGGAIMbTLMnQPslGAh-4Sfih8AohIQ2az-y277Yo3kns8fYh85SbQV8cs2zSa9DeGBIS6KU5uy12gD2Ts0STS31ZukAIWU0Jb8uFutabHcceb7g3f-o8MjiSAAUe2MXGnbFO83Og3kt9JbwTv8LdMN8OYsr81ug/s320/Fig.2-Map%20of%20Monastir.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig.2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Le terme serait passé ensuite dans la langue arabe, donnant <i>Mestir </i>[المنستير], soit Monastir. Or, comme pour corroborer cette assomption, tournons-nous vers un monument emblématique de l’histoire de Monastir : le “Ribat”. À l’arrivée des conquérants arabes au VII<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>e </sup></span> siècle de notre ère, cette partie de l’Ifrqiya a été conquise avant toutes les autres. Kairouan, proche de Sousse et de Monastir, est fondée en 670. La Grande Mosquée fait de Kairouan la première ville sainte du Maghreb et le quatrième lieu saint de l’islam. Or pour protéger cette région du Sahel tunisien des invasions byzantines, il a fallu construire des forteresses le long des côtes. C’est le rôle joué au départ par un “<i>ribat</i>” [رِبَـاط]. Il y en a deux dans cette région : celui de Sousse et celui de Monastir. Celui de Monastir est le plus ancien (796). Un “<i>ribat</i>” est donc une petite forteresse abritant une garnison militaire. La ville marocaine de Rabat doit son nom au “ribat” construit sur une éminence défendant l’embouchure du Bou Regreg. C’est également le cas du Rabat maltais (Ir’rebet). Mais avec le temps, le “ribat” est devenu un gîte pour les voyageurs, puis un lieu de refuge des mystiques, en particulier un lieu d’accueil des premiers courants du soufisme. “<i>Cette particularité assimile le « ribat » à un couvent fortifié de moines guerriers</i>.”<p></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Il est donc singulier d’appréhender comment la topographie d’un lieu isolé a pu s’associer à un toponyme prolongeant en quelque sorte un concept similaire : celui d’une retraite monastique telle qu’elle apparaît dans l’appellation du lieu. Cette remarque est d’autant plus pertinente qu’en général la toponymie maghrébine a le plus souvent une origine libyque.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;">Christian Sorand</p>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUJgnRbfTUzcDSgfx8rmq7vSwe80EODdpKWZOxyav0KZ5eAlfGERcA7Kfi35qoFDH7t_mkEQCo6jiPL67lNu-yNaPws2MS13_DyeXwt26r6BkCwSC-DI3IIfxjwBNvpdNfALjEIuBqtCOoPRXlu7QXbrNpsekUEU2a67V1FyMYR7JK8PcSXfESjjt0g/s1780/20220929_104410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUJgnRbfTUzcDSgfx8rmq7vSwe80EODdpKWZOxyav0KZ5eAlfGERcA7Kfi35qoFDH7t_mkEQCo6jiPL67lNu-yNaPws2MS13_DyeXwt26r6BkCwSC-DI3IIfxjwBNvpdNfALjEIuBqtCOoPRXlu7QXbrNpsekUEU2a67V1FyMYR7JK8PcSXfESjjt0g/s320/20220929_104410.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intérieur du Ribat de Monastir</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-align: justify;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSZPbEXlYorGcrPiYLfK6U-2WmlYy9hiHKg6C5KrGpveufZSLJsXnYqw5hcmCZltlKc6unqiazevclfNtfxhF9f9foya2XvxPmho-0WdXF0-sW2nTBkKidKFRvrS9qy3x2QvDrrwld2ndOM5CFNdbVar6VRQVRA3NKM96eHPI1dcRtztc04x-pjz1Nw/s2373/20220929_105032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSZPbEXlYorGcrPiYLfK6U-2WmlYy9hiHKg6C5KrGpveufZSLJsXnYqw5hcmCZltlKc6unqiazevclfNtfxhF9f9foya2XvxPmho-0WdXF0-sW2nTBkKidKFRvrS9qy3x2QvDrrwld2ndOM5CFNdbVar6VRQVRA3NKM96eHPI1dcRtztc04x-pjz1Nw/w640-h480/20220929_105032.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cour intérieure du Ribat de Monastir</td></tr></tbody></table>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-78200039076829576522022-10-22T08:55:00.003-07:002022-10-22T08:55:49.753-07:00The Old Medina of Hammamet<p style="text-align: justify;"> Here is a place I have visited on numerous occasions. Yet, I keep going back there whenever I am back to Hammamet! Hard to believe; what is there that makes it such an attractive place?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">-This is what I'll try to explain today to acknowledge this feeling of attraction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First of all, this is due to its location. The old medina is spread within the limits of its own ramparts, partly hidden by the massive structure of the Turkish-Spanish Fort guarding a promontory. One section of the fortifications is built above the sea. Consequently, the medina is limited in size. However, it is a maze of narrow alleys, where losing your sense of orientation is easy.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then, this place is kept absolutely spotless bearing the emblematic seal of the Tunisian white and blue. But this is still not enough to account for the attractiveness. The medina has indeed its own characteristics and remains a highly architectural trove. There are indeed many cultural wonders there: doors, windows, mosaics, wooden lattices, arches... A local artist has spread the colorful shape of a fish here and there. Plants, flowers, and bushes adorn sometimes the streets and houses. As this is a country for cats, countless numbers of them are there as a substitute for the few locals you may encounter. There are times when visitors are the only people you can meet around! This is a place where the inhabitants live behind the high whitewashed walls. Sometimes, a door left open enables the eye to see the interior, a staircase leading to the terrace, or a view of an inner yard. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Perhaps, you may be lucky enough to access one of these fabulous open terraces. Then, this is another sublime sight over the roofs, the walls, the cupolas, and the nearby blue Med! Chances are high that it will be on one of these wonderful sunny days!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So, this is why this old medina is so quietly attractive. As a matter of fact, it is probably one of the most beautiful old sections in Tunisia.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><b><i>Christian Sorand</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpD_xtcjIXJHjZhLhlBqZgbzvN57e1i3OErr8sZujnRpA-iX72V7ate9HKTa1KJONj072ZsTci8jeZi7mNNtWlWERdfdKTA0THYHz5bFiGqYKPoatobeZDMHuJm2N0wX3-yEYvp6Ed2o1KVKdzWGnwyLF-O0W1TcBE2Hd6GuWEojtSc8LN4Mj2lKxHg/s2373/20220925_162933.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpD_xtcjIXJHjZhLhlBqZgbzvN57e1i3OErr8sZujnRpA-iX72V7ate9HKTa1KJONj072ZsTci8jeZi7mNNtWlWERdfdKTA0THYHz5bFiGqYKPoatobeZDMHuJm2N0wX3-yEYvp6Ed2o1KVKdzWGnwyLF-O0W1TcBE2Hd6GuWEojtSc8LN4Mj2lKxHg/w640-h480/20220925_162933.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fish symbol in one of the alleys</td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><br /></i></b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNVZCOiNM6T1O-Qriiv_M1jDBo_uhxoLO9gJJQNR-42QY-4MZxVp4_hES-vrbL4NtSMyNWhdbyEem4O53yFaJVzZOhUnKMA7xs2VSbkvXPgQQHHSSQ-MdDno7coe_ytL9AiP2Y4zcfAEpt1MggaNY0QDSafeVQUlmfkKGzPA2G5NGOp5A45PUfg9ykQ/s1780/20220925_163059.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNVZCOiNM6T1O-Qriiv_M1jDBo_uhxoLO9gJJQNR-42QY-4MZxVp4_hES-vrbL4NtSMyNWhdbyEem4O53yFaJVzZOhUnKMA7xs2VSbkvXPgQQHHSSQ-MdDno7coe_ytL9AiP2Y4zcfAEpt1MggaNY0QDSafeVQUlmfkKGzPA2G5NGOp5A45PUfg9ykQ/s320/20220925_163059.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An alley</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSNpjzih_7UGWEIFndWSUm9RXnM3nble1zVsnMofVzMYkp9F14yBsmo5ZtzlWTEiSrdfmmf9qxp1WUe9y6aLCW_-JKp23hswlovsjRhnCUnqtKwTvgFsbOZ0u2XFn4F-K3tujsQygDFljVSMo22wPcQgfYFjgvcbU2XtYfVfd33h5H67vJXI1y3UcxA/s1780/20220926_141449.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSNpjzih_7UGWEIFndWSUm9RXnM3nble1zVsnMofVzMYkp9F14yBsmo5ZtzlWTEiSrdfmmf9qxp1WUe9y6aLCW_-JKp23hswlovsjRhnCUnqtKwTvgFsbOZ0u2XFn4F-K3tujsQygDFljVSMo22wPcQgfYFjgvcbU2XtYfVfd33h5H67vJXI1y3UcxA/s320/20220926_141449.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside a building</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DIoyg_JjUTIT5GubV-ZjtnpMWheMUCsV_IPdPe0Lz1aJdhAOvM5tlltIOZcOkluA-pAaotOZqjEnRuHWSmkh6WHxBAlhSG1Ja2rVqKKO7eKh_pa_V5Wo1AXeo1AFrbS9mmd3cJkpMpnRxX3kLO3e2BuCzsPLlVgc-G1VDoIVufngmDyS1ZdA6VNJiw/s2373/20220926_141430.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DIoyg_JjUTIT5GubV-ZjtnpMWheMUCsV_IPdPe0Lz1aJdhAOvM5tlltIOZcOkluA-pAaotOZqjEnRuHWSmkh6WHxBAlhSG1Ja2rVqKKO7eKh_pa_V5Wo1AXeo1AFrbS9mmd3cJkpMpnRxX3kLO3e2BuCzsPLlVgc-G1VDoIVufngmDyS1ZdA6VNJiw/w400-h300/20220926_141430.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interior of a restaurant lounge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HKwEDgErS-9mFFPclbVv7M5U2WMpuRsXa3B4VZTjJhjhj50k1omlsyF-Fdz7I01nrNKuWHX1xYwETKit_l5tybt0DRk0bz0u7KsOfPhcWqSFNfg0zyY9hfO7Uj2jkH9L4xut0Ae7fxhXdbFgZLCbSnZFy_Dv_JF2cTdIqVMOXjE8bPFjvA1CEBYDrQ/s1780/20220926_141719.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HKwEDgErS-9mFFPclbVv7M5U2WMpuRsXa3B4VZTjJhjhj50k1omlsyF-Fdz7I01nrNKuWHX1xYwETKit_l5tybt0DRk0bz0u7KsOfPhcWqSFNfg0zyY9hfO7Uj2jkH9L4xut0Ae7fxhXdbFgZLCbSnZFy_Dv_JF2cTdIqVMOXjE8bPFjvA1CEBYDrQ/s320/20220926_141719.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mosque</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xdL_MM-Lat2_yZdw_7ZXmE3FCN27uYKp4dUHI2R35kpNlqc1vPjDjS7eRJndC7Gzg6k22Zee06VvnYLRBt1uhAfZA31Mw3_oUNfL_czeUTbUg-sT-DCykw2rjncJ_1QUTzqE7kKw-Ows6OwzguCr45elXWVQ764UUioz4Y33jURih5DxQuYBgvv63g/s1780/20220926_141931.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xdL_MM-Lat2_yZdw_7ZXmE3FCN27uYKp4dUHI2R35kpNlqc1vPjDjS7eRJndC7Gzg6k22Zee06VvnYLRBt1uhAfZA31Mw3_oUNfL_czeUTbUg-sT-DCykw2rjncJ_1QUTzqE7kKw-Ows6OwzguCr45elXWVQ764UUioz4Y33jURih5DxQuYBgvv63g/s320/20220926_141931.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIRX-0vqlEo6J2Pj2ZL0R41nKZBuBUK0VWEdcyZzmOxTozMOAPSbYFBimh76_YCxFuCXpeEZqpn80Qu3QfnWPJIfuSEZItm_jQt16UpdIRvGlOiTNeHbn36163Aw_HkxioRelGXiqMIvIHi9OE1_9fH1hOorjP7F5AfD7nNRRKXKt6yUOWdqtfG-9VA/s2373/20220926_141824.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIRX-0vqlEo6J2Pj2ZL0R41nKZBuBUK0VWEdcyZzmOxTozMOAPSbYFBimh76_YCxFuCXpeEZqpn80Qu3QfnWPJIfuSEZItm_jQt16UpdIRvGlOiTNeHbn36163Aw_HkxioRelGXiqMIvIHi9OE1_9fH1hOorjP7F5AfD7nNRRKXKt6yUOWdqtfG-9VA/w400-h300/20220926_141824.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An archway</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYo1vKoFsurO2ANbjDeOdhPAD2eBU-LCVTJbeh0XeMwXQgpBpZnKfnnPidH4o6T2HWmRtP97X-_CUW9iwffrLxwqZ5KMDohma-IM881D2UB5o8Np4qO5mCqjtNO6eK6ixjH645R6yLPh1Dp7OR2CjzRZ-93BJpNVRSAuJor1fiMqO4QHqlRImcywLuA/s1780/20220926_142011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYo1vKoFsurO2ANbjDeOdhPAD2eBU-LCVTJbeh0XeMwXQgpBpZnKfnnPidH4o6T2HWmRtP97X-_CUW9iwffrLxwqZ5KMDohma-IM881D2UB5o8Np4qO5mCqjtNO6eK6ixjH645R6yLPh1Dp7OR2CjzRZ-93BJpNVRSAuJor1fiMqO4QHqlRImcywLuA/s320/20220926_142011.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Door</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNj5-G9zn7OdHEjCazwaW5CpVRqUf-9LzGhVnfDBnANG2GOForPYLr5QWPhCudGLL5bUT3FWaaRw2Zxg440Db-sZ8PjkdorykqNoCaBK5TEBPWv12SjrT_OzEkTbtl7UdXxEpC7--6eCzXIIsXZ6OcQ8BvQ4LhoYxonM3AGm9Qwr1pgIFwuocoMR4WYQ/s1780/20220926_142232.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNj5-G9zn7OdHEjCazwaW5CpVRqUf-9LzGhVnfDBnANG2GOForPYLr5QWPhCudGLL5bUT3FWaaRw2Zxg440Db-sZ8PjkdorykqNoCaBK5TEBPWv12SjrT_OzEkTbtl7UdXxEpC7--6eCzXIIsXZ6OcQ8BvQ4LhoYxonM3AGm9Qwr1pgIFwuocoMR4WYQ/s320/20220926_142232.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Door</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXb1AZY9KHMzjeWyJlLD34qYCx54pBECfr463MvetTGLT8mN-Pu9BvINhQp3j7P2nZrdzNEuTYNds-pESbuPN1eaCDl-SOyQr1KW57BcSy4Fvk1EV5g33feS3A8zp5Y7rIYaKmiZ3ukzBrj5n4_iDbOkHnRfSwatGxeS66iE9SlND05eCbSPKHzcEtA/s1780/20220926_142252.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXb1AZY9KHMzjeWyJlLD34qYCx54pBECfr463MvetTGLT8mN-Pu9BvINhQp3j7P2nZrdzNEuTYNds-pESbuPN1eaCDl-SOyQr1KW57BcSy4Fvk1EV5g33feS3A8zp5Y7rIYaKmiZ3ukzBrj5n4_iDbOkHnRfSwatGxeS66iE9SlND05eCbSPKHzcEtA/w300-h400/20220926_142252.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a simple place!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5qOanHGw-mRdoCD-DsptVMp3fzEYbfHrHpdWKQFNI-YWGLLab-P9X9t36Y5LFfJ2qNkA3wpd0f_HktKNfxn92dyy2W5lIfPyuJn47hloJ5ZrVTRK4k6QR668DzXJaJYKVtr6EnmVzIdfObdGbDWo-RkJRLkk-qYvbTeGH_Vm2ZPSit78QxmJavdHMA/s1780/20220926_143139.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5qOanHGw-mRdoCD-DsptVMp3fzEYbfHrHpdWKQFNI-YWGLLab-P9X9t36Y5LFfJ2qNkA3wpd0f_HktKNfxn92dyy2W5lIfPyuJn47hloJ5ZrVTRK4k6QR668DzXJaJYKVtr6EnmVzIdfObdGbDWo-RkJRLkk-qYvbTeGH_Vm2ZPSit78QxmJavdHMA/s320/20220926_143139.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White & Blue</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7E31oIv7BYSah93O6ubjicZ95fiPg5lPJt-W93EQK0SO7C8FXVEU4R4s4p1XpNpWN9XOY2u8xOKW_X7Pj7Oy1h-6NFTX4mXydB4rTcIOn1M8DBDC6muwgHFuB5q1zX9azF60iE87vUvtEqYjTmwEkUW5njX92xIhufey5HQHi99WvzyL8r1B0UCseog/s1780/20220926_143042.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7E31oIv7BYSah93O6ubjicZ95fiPg5lPJt-W93EQK0SO7C8FXVEU4R4s4p1XpNpWN9XOY2u8xOKW_X7Pj7Oy1h-6NFTX4mXydB4rTcIOn1M8DBDC6muwgHFuB5q1zX9azF60iE87vUvtEqYjTmwEkUW5njX92xIhufey5HQHi99WvzyL8r1B0UCseog/s320/20220926_143042.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An elaborate doorway</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVQ8D2nsBo3LjTutOe9bG873dt8OatMyI0ZUC6EhLx-MhzuMzJVHh4P3CIe39MFkFiVJNSp4kGgF3cMEeN7gZ4J-kdjxhZ2-o8bqW_9iuN3VagyuMXDWUCgrXA2PoBfFfGPVn1rVIl1_kJISHGrD71jOBGGj-6jIj97poUTAi5q4TTcGRbnVhH_7T-A/s1780/20220926_143249.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVQ8D2nsBo3LjTutOe9bG873dt8OatMyI0ZUC6EhLx-MhzuMzJVHh4P3CIe39MFkFiVJNSp4kGgF3cMEeN7gZ4J-kdjxhZ2-o8bqW_9iuN3VagyuMXDWUCgrXA2PoBfFfGPVn1rVIl1_kJISHGrD71jOBGGj-6jIj97poUTAi5q4TTcGRbnVhH_7T-A/w300-h400/20220926_143249.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cats</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkwwdxD7XMv-dugCzAoX7U8SIeG7WCNTAMIIPIm6GWxlrCOYYxsJLhqaR_flaehAdMALeEvRdwyNeCnASlFcR_6CkaVBKvDheQiDtSie-1Eb_x1k02JjjPEXXHc6UckktXuqqKQEng5RhJgzzZErueqBpdw4GMf9J-Yg_5zlDKXsvkz4zUW7pvTDOXA/s2373/20220926_142135.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e4_DUKUxkYEmJ-D4xpqspUi-sSuLFaQ5t-GgkwkW_exba-PKDft8W2v0jLE649qgL6WupXxFuiEeIvOuSCMihbklGkOAxV01sWzsazT0s3EFPNtcefRpy1ZHS-mvHE0nKXEErUTgX0OWxNl7ZcZKfbywFrLda1ei4h3laqSR4BtyEcrCrHdOHNxpsQ/s320/20220926_183546.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A house at night</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XWGi1rUvQ5uXwVlwJDsqbYPNMnrkbXPSRf_Yryk5aTArGUO_I7j-J_O9z3RSr9LUS2-3n9ICC2wOGIieuFm25NwNnyy_w6U_h3jeQKPBdFx9_k7IUj86itIO8d1D2FWGNc8iQvrpa75RVNgmO4Qc_eT71rm983GLTYkEB8UAPaJupNQhJQOrtfYKSQ/s1780/20220926_195701.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XWGi1rUvQ5uXwVlwJDsqbYPNMnrkbXPSRf_Yryk5aTArGUO_I7j-J_O9z3RSr9LUS2-3n9ICC2wOGIieuFm25NwNnyy_w6U_h3jeQKPBdFx9_k7IUj86itIO8d1D2FWGNc8iQvrpa75RVNgmO4Qc_eT71rm983GLTYkEB8UAPaJupNQhJQOrtfYKSQ/s320/20220926_195701.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fortifications</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDelsksJxBsP-uIuhdr-_dLPxV6WBMUTaX9NVFWB0W-CBz44MtafF8z9XNflyLFDfF-viZK1LF30EYupmUUkVUGwz5PlQpKCNboQwaEN40xe_Zbr7yva_7_qXIoAPQF5q7HLgE1kF2KhuR61ykGKgy-qe9TSImHxaCVEiZAH0xTKZRPE2ezofgmb-CgQ/s3360/20220926_180337.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="3360" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDelsksJxBsP-uIuhdr-_dLPxV6WBMUTaX9NVFWB0W-CBz44MtafF8z9XNflyLFDfF-viZK1LF30EYupmUUkVUGwz5PlQpKCNboQwaEN40xe_Zbr7yva_7_qXIoAPQF5q7HLgE1kF2KhuR61ykGKgy-qe9TSImHxaCVEiZAH0xTKZRPE2ezofgmb-CgQ/w640-h180/20220926_180337.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset over the medina walls on the sea</td></tr></tbody></table>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-80142495687085795612022-10-21T10:04:00.007-07:002022-10-21T10:04:54.893-07:00Return visit to HAMMAMET<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9PsKwDC_PZUg4W9bJDV1MQuAZ2HCrS3NspUl2Wa6wy7_WO-eGim0WEfurzNBdg-bBFbRIscEK_8iqDazoJKAvZRRuV5uuVSrML0ueiV7rX1R566HWVdihhX0AmZ1jqm0RIinWMgT8FurXiABs8uol2edrofES2-KCENIfFpRcVDDAyPK75wGGJn_Vg/s3360/20220926_180814.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="3360" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9PsKwDC_PZUg4W9bJDV1MQuAZ2HCrS3NspUl2Wa6wy7_WO-eGim0WEfurzNBdg-bBFbRIscEK_8iqDazoJKAvZRRuV5uuVSrML0ueiV7rX1R566HWVdihhX0AmZ1jqm0RIinWMgT8FurXiABs8uol2edrofES2-KCENIfFpRcVDDAyPK75wGGJn_Vg/w640-h174/20220926_180814.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bay of Hammamet</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some places seem to be endowed by a magnet effect. You don't really know why, but they keep attracting you over and over again. Hammamet stigmatizes this type of attraction at least on me!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is difficult to tell exactly why it is so. It is mainly a feeling of being there, happy to walk around, and revisiting places you have been to on many other occasions. I guess it is a combination of sensations, which are in keeping with your sensibility. Coming from Tunis, very often, the climate is different: often sunnier and slightly milder. Hammamet is facing the East and therefore is fully blessed with the Mediterranean influence. Its wide bay provides a 180º view that offers sunrises as well as sunsets. And sunsets are particularly scenic here. No need to go far: the downtown promenade offers an ideal viewpoint. So much so that visitors, as well as locals, come here in the evening to watch the setting sun! Some more, this area offers benches or a vast area to walk leisurely. The small sandy beach there provides a natural anchorage for the many fishing boats. There are also cafés and restaurants along this promenade. And Hammamet is a place where eating fish is a pleasurable must. That's not all! The old medina is there too. Behind the high walls of the Turkish Fort, the old, traditional city offers a maze of wonderful alleys so clean and so colorful that you get thrilled with the atmosphere.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Of course, Hammamet is also a large, modern city as well as a fashionable seaside resort with many hotels. But it still keeps a specific atmosphere, particularly if you are there off-season. Yet, this particular blend of urbanity and natural environment might be the essence of what makes Hammamet so special.<br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><i><b>Christian Sorand</b></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xm0tZT-OKPLnBo0DDJlfpfqzQU8WseDluaGcYYo6X_ASVCiFFh1ZIK7e-KFRgHWXbMciIm3Su7XLVJ826_CXz1W4nsFKmwGz4-OJfo_KAgfQ64S08TvTINAlHBQ7E4VO9wk7QabBKO00-ANx8gB9LC_vXuBNkVoXkIdcj4KoL9Nky6Y6sTcmDseBBQ/s2373/20220925_153544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xm0tZT-OKPLnBo0DDJlfpfqzQU8WseDluaGcYYo6X_ASVCiFFh1ZIK7e-KFRgHWXbMciIm3Su7XLVJ826_CXz1W4nsFKmwGz4-OJfo_KAgfQ64S08TvTINAlHBQ7E4VO9wk7QabBKO00-ANx8gB9LC_vXuBNkVoXkIdcj4KoL9Nky6Y6sTcmDseBBQ/w400-h300/20220925_153544.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the seaside resorts</td></tr></tbody></table></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQNzBTN0Ky__egvQKipMdkELwqV1ab4gW6S8WQruDCD_Pl5tC-Q_izkUhcMxsOaGk5aLdr6kCeK-jYaLVbbOlMZ0vwDU5RlKYa8R9MChHVuDabjaRdbE4Sjx42WAaEWgYGnz6jVlXb_85rQwrCRnNVuSRCpuaRrrkYx0Pq8NKBWE8DnNdYhy8bjCkfw/s2619/20220927_095052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="2619" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQNzBTN0Ky__egvQKipMdkELwqV1ab4gW6S8WQruDCD_Pl5tC-Q_izkUhcMxsOaGk5aLdr6kCeK-jYaLVbbOlMZ0vwDU5RlKYa8R9MChHVuDabjaRdbE4Sjx42WAaEWgYGnz6jVlXb_85rQwrCRnNVuSRCpuaRrrkYx0Pq8NKBWE8DnNdYhy8bjCkfw/w400-h271/20220927_095052.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the beach under the sun</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRgiM8gk0jAx_iuJq1dsAXtGgeLwuNIm9fUW6iOU6oRdsU_0WGDWynUd1HygQazwa4oA8oyT3Bqv-5mSBJtZvhfCSpqQNxj_h6FEcRlT8-7bMObGJX4_VGDm8c5uKZSMFk79fao3GBGpkUqhSWkYqtm4LkyYIFC468TcicBumPGzDdI0YntYvivV0ZA/s1780/20220926_122442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRgiM8gk0jAx_iuJq1dsAXtGgeLwuNIm9fUW6iOU6oRdsU_0WGDWynUd1HygQazwa4oA8oyT3Bqv-5mSBJtZvhfCSpqQNxj_h6FEcRlT8-7bMObGJX4_VGDm8c5uKZSMFk79fao3GBGpkUqhSWkYqtm4LkyYIFC468TcicBumPGzDdI0YntYvivV0ZA/s320/20220926_122442.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An old town section</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SOLQLgQy2c0sglHgQKy_nC1JqUXK-MvqfFeijcVXn8eBSl1CtMTK3Sys-ktqFyP7gi1Y9iD0dXzU3wDSRA2HU17fcyJZLxaXILAYzaoihL6wA-HcnGjYJg9omCwNytNAJ6lV7xFhYlPWSHZHPeBGEh2I9J_lsKweVM0Wjjfeixg5naELtTprv6mnAA/s1780/20220926_122618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SOLQLgQy2c0sglHgQKy_nC1JqUXK-MvqfFeijcVXn8eBSl1CtMTK3Sys-ktqFyP7gi1Y9iD0dXzU3wDSRA2HU17fcyJZLxaXILAYzaoihL6wA-HcnGjYJg9omCwNytNAJ6lV7xFhYlPWSHZHPeBGEh2I9J_lsKweVM0Wjjfeixg5naELtTprv6mnAA/s320/20220926_122618.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A private home in an alley</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gvCC27FzRXHaoFscgrnN9f2eJ-n2zHD_wEW42jY2WkaHcfCBsmKjWnGknKELCLR1aLMKr6M1_hxvLl6QCHpLzci6XHCIbPuVSlPmPN0XzeM0n8fvS2iURJzHNIR0zwYGDTELhlELVD4VccYHfCAAQG7pphTtrMvgmSnI0AJOjI22_pWS1HRqgRYPpA/s1780/20220926_131701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gvCC27FzRXHaoFscgrnN9f2eJ-n2zHD_wEW42jY2WkaHcfCBsmKjWnGknKELCLR1aLMKr6M1_hxvLl6QCHpLzci6XHCIbPuVSlPmPN0XzeM0n8fvS2iURJzHNIR0zwYGDTELhlELVD4VccYHfCAAQG7pphTtrMvgmSnI0AJOjI22_pWS1HRqgRYPpA/w300-h400/20220926_131701.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside a bookshop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv205AgS1Ic5cMvnnU1-LoMLxWFYKCnjkg5tJ0fdX5RDVLOgCqQnRO21Isz5yGknOcsRia_v1d6zNlnMqw9AupemgxXeKKCHDSHiITeDICjHWOGS3A0lF0gO8dLTFEEj-nK-P69MFN4z_Nv3Gv8-eEdF9ITZ0tpO0NDqMgWJHsiVOkWotWtNVIXMUGFQ/s2373/20220926_131614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv205AgS1Ic5cMvnnU1-LoMLxWFYKCnjkg5tJ0fdX5RDVLOgCqQnRO21Isz5yGknOcsRia_v1d6zNlnMqw9AupemgxXeKKCHDSHiITeDICjHWOGS3A0lF0gO8dLTFEEj-nK-P69MFN4z_Nv3Gv8-eEdF9ITZ0tpO0NDqMgWJHsiVOkWotWtNVIXMUGFQ/w400-h300/20220926_131614.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the same bookshop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSKeAW7Gu45Un48WxDPDa0y7eCpk7NU468x2mDpJ_8CNBS2_tdSMDNXckOhDU4bYb8uHWYM0Ojo2ZlErTIK_xsgxwjk4Kn31ARxq1M5-GcOI4p4DPattI65GcaIFctndrwukKZu8dJ-hpJMnZMb_6SflZsZYE0PbD8lcbMJquHS0b0UDr08H2oQd77A/s1780/20220926_142059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSKeAW7Gu45Un48WxDPDa0y7eCpk7NU468x2mDpJ_8CNBS2_tdSMDNXckOhDU4bYb8uHWYM0Ojo2ZlErTIK_xsgxwjk4Kn31ARxq1M5-GcOI4p4DPattI65GcaIFctndrwukKZu8dJ-hpJMnZMb_6SflZsZYE0PbD8lcbMJquHS0b0UDr08H2oQd77A/w300-h400/20220926_142059.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical white & blue Tunisian architecture</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCenc_CCaqNbaulw8Wh91ah5oIX0YFfYa2d3xua-YH9UlypmiBhh26qYNY5d5lXp29KZ4AMad29HPeo4e3vOcKsJ-NyPkcDL8kS5GXJg-ZvvicTq_tu1Bd2boKYc-CnQX_X1XCGjPkalCBMq1xtQS3fFHsQ6xrQKUGIYHpMEmnDjwVhWRjLq6zhx0Og/s2373/20220926_175807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCenc_CCaqNbaulw8Wh91ah5oIX0YFfYa2d3xua-YH9UlypmiBhh26qYNY5d5lXp29KZ4AMad29HPeo4e3vOcKsJ-NyPkcDL8kS5GXJg-ZvvicTq_tu1Bd2boKYc-CnQX_X1XCGjPkalCBMq1xtQS3fFHsQ6xrQKUGIYHpMEmnDjwVhWRjLq6zhx0Og/w400-h300/20220926_175807.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on the seaside promenade</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyjWKt-5DDBNMdbJkHVMiCshaUDPJUmH8F6l-h1IbjsnWp-2o9QikbrK9x9i3mNQSMXJ9bdiVQH60NG0HfF4EGPltNIREJ8NIUoshTQMf12J4v-Sy8_M3JTq5eu7lDlyUlRSR2xx6gtzNvwvTA8ThUU5HyouP8-pTedjKoAqZTejNggzTStHW3-opQQ/s2373/20220926_180020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyjWKt-5DDBNMdbJkHVMiCshaUDPJUmH8F6l-h1IbjsnWp-2o9QikbrK9x9i3mNQSMXJ9bdiVQH60NG0HfF4EGPltNIREJ8NIUoshTQMf12J4v-Sy8_M3JTq5eu7lDlyUlRSR2xx6gtzNvwvTA8ThUU5HyouP8-pTedjKoAqZTejNggzTStHW3-opQQ/w400-h300/20220926_180020.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The medina walls </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWgE6LaMYIGSIyO6jWUEE89da3bj6Xr8rGedD04TREqKVuBY5-MLzEBUiE-km1IAsUJ_-81QSqo5xWAPi0z2jy7UjSK9v2OFvK8lrdeH4MXufllG3eoeFY-m-7DnlXLi0OzxA_pbv_R8EEJBYM7XH9yFgQQtSqjhI9eZksDoXxHEig4B7MutwDsuVyA/s2373/20220926_180429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWgE6LaMYIGSIyO6jWUEE89da3bj6Xr8rGedD04TREqKVuBY5-MLzEBUiE-km1IAsUJ_-81QSqo5xWAPi0z2jy7UjSK9v2OFvK8lrdeH4MXufllG3eoeFY-m-7DnlXLi0OzxA_pbv_R8EEJBYM7XH9yFgQQtSqjhI9eZksDoXxHEig4B7MutwDsuVyA/w640-h480/20220926_180429.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hammamet Bay at sunset</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwLMqGwBY_kio-sGU3VcTAkEEl1zN34J_WkZjtdxpTJ7sVSqaQJY55A8F4E_JSqeUJjBtGTZHW29WpM6g8TzIklMRfCLuZvYN3ACSf25rtp_gb8H673vixz783KU2cqNt69fnMWfOBCxxwScmHvSLZaibowwRb9IK-R6wti5N_QuFQbolYhV_2___Dw/s2373/20220925_202537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwLMqGwBY_kio-sGU3VcTAkEEl1zN34J_WkZjtdxpTJ7sVSqaQJY55A8F4E_JSqeUJjBtGTZHW29WpM6g8TzIklMRfCLuZvYN3ACSf25rtp_gb8H673vixz783KU2cqNt69fnMWfOBCxxwScmHvSLZaibowwRb9IK-R6wti5N_QuFQbolYhV_2___Dw/w400-h300/20220925_202537.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fort walls at night</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1yVaansK1GqpwQVNW74NMR8IEZ9io3Kao_Ib9EZ2hjVxm5FMssqQZv5-rgMt-bjJvRLzkGcpxkpuCjIa4bnHCO6O7w3k5rfm1baGKRrVIWPc76_kEbD8ZsSXzO_wsf6AZFuqpzcSEXEulwyZJ7exdr3qC1mtDWxyA1usyHCTjIJ1XTloh5VrZ384Ow/s2374/20220927_182243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2374" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1yVaansK1GqpwQVNW74NMR8IEZ9io3Kao_Ib9EZ2hjVxm5FMssqQZv5-rgMt-bjJvRLzkGcpxkpuCjIa4bnHCO6O7w3k5rfm1baGKRrVIWPc76_kEbD8ZsSXzO_wsf6AZFuqpzcSEXEulwyZJ7exdr3qC1mtDWxyA1usyHCTjIJ1XTloh5VrZ384Ow/s320/20220927_182243.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One evening on the seafront promenade</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQdSCiX8GtVEV6nGEiDhkE1yAq244XHoaR0WjD3oBSmJZ-K0PHMoWIUbudWD7lgHy7ZVhkD_5S4PlQVTbTyZp-CyPtr_JuOJqKXHZgV_SnaFhGs8Gc362HEVmK4qTDyXSQn5Om3UmOvMTAxr1rEzg1GFxFoZZdMTLUafJMySxgoYI0rjfdw6juNmYZw/s2373/20220926_190312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQdSCiX8GtVEV6nGEiDhkE1yAq244XHoaR0WjD3oBSmJZ-K0PHMoWIUbudWD7lgHy7ZVhkD_5S4PlQVTbTyZp-CyPtr_JuOJqKXHZgV_SnaFhGs8Gc362HEVmK4qTDyXSQn5Om3UmOvMTAxr1rEzg1GFxFoZZdMTLUafJMySxgoYI0rjfdw6juNmYZw/s320/20220926_190312.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical Tunisian dinner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGTLYsqJlaUzVKrQvCQKlHupbZHO3MF5PVnLkwS6BZjAA98UMrjwpNtSfs4OkoyvBl0AkGB_kFliaB9PnqjpbhCz2WaaGW98spZd3aaLCIXxssH8xktCUZJztZ9Izn0jW1CQ5x1jGXT1Ay_ZdmpPxorJPeZkV2Eeehpn2Zhgabmgv0ZXOg4Ld0fpDRw/s3362/20220926_182559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="3362" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGTLYsqJlaUzVKrQvCQKlHupbZHO3MF5PVnLkwS6BZjAA98UMrjwpNtSfs4OkoyvBl0AkGB_kFliaB9PnqjpbhCz2WaaGW98spZd3aaLCIXxssH8xktCUZJztZ9Izn0jW1CQ5x1jGXT1Ay_ZdmpPxorJPeZkV2Eeehpn2Zhgabmgv0ZXOg4Ld0fpDRw/w640-h228/20220926_182559.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old fishing beach of Hammamet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSx9qq2-PMAg65cnnR_qxW3w8VVBtGS3Q4_XxrGGRSGWP6jvEmoKDTr6-UeOWfeILf8Xl3c7NJlOoSd1DE0OuI2tKW0TigcFv0YLoMYtoAS93ago4qGtsBn4tv7dnr8DBfFlZLPRCF7a8GRDr-T-iwI4XfV9P3zRs3CSNPqqNjq9mtTMyC0_mR41v1HA/s2373/20220927_183939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2373" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSx9qq2-PMAg65cnnR_qxW3w8VVBtGS3Q4_XxrGGRSGWP6jvEmoKDTr6-UeOWfeILf8Xl3c7NJlOoSd1DE0OuI2tKW0TigcFv0YLoMYtoAS93ago4qGtsBn4tv7dnr8DBfFlZLPRCF7a8GRDr-T-iwI4XfV9P3zRs3CSNPqqNjq9mtTMyC0_mR41v1HA/w400-h300/20220927_183939.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An evening sky on the bay</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwgjGWKatOIFlPSKJZl4r6oY0SGFR9rqgWU61UZJ4Gh4os0-w1HSZqTaK2Ddx9mJXYPn2ARuorC3kG0znAqx9HDxcrxSEAtDb6usoZOm8ieEwn8S3A974ejvmuvBc3Xygp_cBfn_gbxbBBphtPef277r32S5TOQIGDu7uj7v6vh8FIhXbDvrWBenERA/s3360/20220926_180814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="3360" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwgjGWKatOIFlPSKJZl4r6oY0SGFR9rqgWU61UZJ4Gh4os0-w1HSZqTaK2Ddx9mJXYPn2ARuorC3kG0znAqx9HDxcrxSEAtDb6usoZOm8ieEwn8S3A974ejvmuvBc3Xygp_cBfn_gbxbBBphtPef277r32S5TOQIGDu7uj7v6vh8FIhXbDvrWBenERA/w640-h174/20220926_180814.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on the Bay of Hammamet</td></tr></tbody></table>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-28434323571911197852022-10-14T08:50:00.000-07:002022-10-14T08:50:24.353-07:00AGADIR : article de Trait d'Union Magazine, Hong Kong,10-2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I had dinner with friends at the Prater in the evening before my last day. It was still summer and relatively warm then. But the next day, I enjoyed walking back to the old city, overcrowded with herds of sightseers. I passed the Cathedral and the Opera, two landmarks challenging to avoid. But I looked more for the maze of all the back streets in search of more unusual sights. It was also the right way to avoid a scorching sun.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The selected photos are here to attest to the rich treasures of another side of Vienna.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLBLZTQ3BNhjUs9pA7tOa9PksMYC1Bb890Kq6P9PzSOk8zCfGULCC_87Bv8UTLBRZm58Rnc0OkazFQ25aEMtDgRm0tjwwzQKcmlmqaXTYiKKVLGUZpPpBvq7jMqlnkV7IcXZ33yJEnGHxuLu-7eNBTbLzvHLRXrGEK9CG9XkGWm_LUaWI1uAU5Yd7Tg/s1784/20220804_120020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLBLZTQ3BNhjUs9pA7tOa9PksMYC1Bb890Kq6P9PzSOk8zCfGULCC_87Bv8UTLBRZm58Rnc0OkazFQ25aEMtDgRm0tjwwzQKcmlmqaXTYiKKVLGUZpPpBvq7jMqlnkV7IcXZ33yJEnGHxuLu-7eNBTbLzvHLRXrGEK9CG9XkGWm_LUaWI1uAU5Yd7Tg/s320/20220804_120020.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The roof of St. Stephan's seen <br />from a nearby street</td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvaehFuDKAWxUVxGNpeYHZXHUlPzB-FkWky6c9-7AKuP0aGvcfs4jSiGwm2Eshin3QeuJEp8_Qljvlz7q3ONBDlnt5r9McfVZxA2OVKDjqzUJGu3hSmLXytB-RmG7kIHsimvYrAUJxoKx6QTXefu__KhHz0bGjdjr9hxb7icgNxasSZuP0Xqz2nqD8wg/s1784/20220804_103936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvaehFuDKAWxUVxGNpeYHZXHUlPzB-FkWky6c9-7AKuP0aGvcfs4jSiGwm2Eshin3QeuJEp8_Qljvlz7q3ONBDlnt5r9McfVZxA2OVKDjqzUJGu3hSmLXytB-RmG7kIHsimvYrAUJxoKx6QTXefu__KhHz0bGjdjr9hxb7icgNxasSZuP0Xqz2nqD8wg/s320/20220804_103936.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. Stephan's nave</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9HvwKsmhYGo_YYLUNNkKALJzPiTl2THcxHWK3H6w-NQ7DC-K2-8XZlPEgQAcDoc7noRByY2dixIKPr50hhldSInBmFnOOZN_XmIfg1o9qR2w1rzw4bxzZFBmV-Fki2BKirUeiSafWV3aoIYAsaijF-mRTNfoEZxB1YYj7owOQEAn77_M0QYcT07R_A/s2380/20220804_105508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9HvwKsmhYGo_YYLUNNkKALJzPiTl2THcxHWK3H6w-NQ7DC-K2-8XZlPEgQAcDoc7noRByY2dixIKPr50hhldSInBmFnOOZN_XmIfg1o9qR2w1rzw4bxzZFBmV-Fki2BKirUeiSafWV3aoIYAsaijF-mRTNfoEZxB1YYj7owOQEAn77_M0QYcT07R_A/w400-h300/20220804_105508.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Vienna Opera House</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha56jJX0xVunvL9z_PKycln-5gs6SLobqrMh_PCrotB87NcDSDzIjOPeLt46pNE31suVaGK21ti-vB7XVp9fFSSZZ1p8yIA6Q-pnru7ac5rc62h240edvzN6oiACecmsdJHwar5CLRgrW7HTHV7zkLKJpnnKwzQUwyF6a3d8kVcFg6-AungI-oMQxVsA/s1784/20220804_105843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha56jJX0xVunvL9z_PKycln-5gs6SLobqrMh_PCrotB87NcDSDzIjOPeLt46pNE31suVaGK21ti-vB7XVp9fFSSZZ1p8yIA6Q-pnru7ac5rc62h240edvzN6oiACecmsdJHwar5CLRgrW7HTHV7zkLKJpnnKwzQUwyF6a3d8kVcFg6-AungI-oMQxVsA/w300-h400/20220804_105843.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Façade of a downtown ancient building</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dXHoYnJtJbFscMbhwM21sFvxABN1M39pDBmwk1KvD7xE1A6OtpFCrx5RBbbOAdsh1CfysHMIWlNekFvEsgWj6H6MNsrZAV6xbKhWpUVRybNdSBMx3NwpqrWPExefNkn4D7eCg2ZRmBJDjtJ2yCoZhqGm9V9OHF6pyLN4EDUda7eNsD9O2GDXMeJVZA/s1784/20220804_110704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dXHoYnJtJbFscMbhwM21sFvxABN1M39pDBmwk1KvD7xE1A6OtpFCrx5RBbbOAdsh1CfysHMIWlNekFvEsgWj6H6MNsrZAV6xbKhWpUVRybNdSBMx3NwpqrWPExefNkn4D7eCg2ZRmBJDjtJ2yCoZhqGm9V9OHF6pyLN4EDUda7eNsD9O2GDXMeJVZA/s320/20220804_110704.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At a street corner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UUvRfJ_Q3uVvp6Fdy5twS3HbEJqhn_IyuAZ6IBuARfqkgbixwq918TnHBOYCt5cCoxAE8R-DM1-zeDNBIJeswLbM1f08h9cKpKW_Xrlaf2N9FBru31IoOwOIK-ZDzo9Z8WWpYWE0_X9doZ0IUrnf2iXY1bx7Uc3--Q9GFzLFero5kLzsfDyYELm1mQ/s2380/20220804_120503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UUvRfJ_Q3uVvp6Fdy5twS3HbEJqhn_IyuAZ6IBuARfqkgbixwq918TnHBOYCt5cCoxAE8R-DM1-zeDNBIJeswLbM1f08h9cKpKW_Xrlaf2N9FBru31IoOwOIK-ZDzo9Z8WWpYWE0_X9doZ0IUrnf2iXY1bx7Uc3--Q9GFzLFero5kLzsfDyYELm1mQ/w640-h480/20220804_120503.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An emblematic Viennese pastry shop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFBosFwFrjRxwxAD_6b2YPQnNnrGLm14QW2ph3y-mqcPkhpv6R-2eKXpM0oY4BVY2xoLzCa-D36En341W_xxyzrzFCBZ0xAOqsGfqCk4SkRPZgm4zoQj3ecCI19waR7JDYkawaktuMv-jZ21UNJJ6Zxp1yXMbOhq4YK4IjtRLPG75JazTnscodQT5Pg/s2380/20220804_121113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFBosFwFrjRxwxAD_6b2YPQnNnrGLm14QW2ph3y-mqcPkhpv6R-2eKXpM0oY4BVY2xoLzCa-D36En341W_xxyzrzFCBZ0xAOqsGfqCk4SkRPZgm4zoQj3ecCI19waR7JDYkawaktuMv-jZ21UNJJ6Zxp1yXMbOhq4YK4IjtRLPG75JazTnscodQT5Pg/w400-h300/20220804_121113.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jesuit Headquarters</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDC13pvOe2gsmdQQ3swlTG_JYLYe6R-5uWoEA6sTN1kzRImcy9Orr-TgeDNvywReQbnf_MB0jBM-OOYyEuRaDKKJ80gDaQCD21dbNB4B79lL3e-aQlck3RYlR_DJ9piYOLX_07lxLaKCPGhL5L0Tcv3LXXww_mIneT75loGMVVkNtPv6nHbVDoAK27Q/s1784/20220804_121308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDC13pvOe2gsmdQQ3swlTG_JYLYe6R-5uWoEA6sTN1kzRImcy9Orr-TgeDNvywReQbnf_MB0jBM-OOYyEuRaDKKJ80gDaQCD21dbNB4B79lL3e-aQlck3RYlR_DJ9piYOLX_07lxLaKCPGhL5L0Tcv3LXXww_mIneT75loGMVVkNtPv6nHbVDoAK27Q/s320/20220804_121308.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old passageway</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPq5NaACNNi9OXOybQWKKPspQqdSpSCI3PNjxOV1qXBv2JHAIkb5QgsyCfqU-KVZG_fLCGH6X51hA0Iepa65t_XmLIxKys4Ua2pyoG6PnFgzgcBzmkS-lldtGyXXkcOZkibAqDPRcw7JPuydO0elvQqj9y5eXOahWFqfL_iew749FXLqAW0TcdeO5ZQ/s1784/20220804_121427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPq5NaACNNi9OXOybQWKKPspQqdSpSCI3PNjxOV1qXBv2JHAIkb5QgsyCfqU-KVZG_fLCGH6X51hA0Iepa65t_XmLIxKys4Ua2pyoG6PnFgzgcBzmkS-lldtGyXXkcOZkibAqDPRcw7JPuydO0elvQqj9y5eXOahWFqfL_iew749FXLqAW0TcdeO5ZQ/s320/20220804_121427.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An exotic narrow lane</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-80809082392803535582022-09-16T01:59:00.000-07:002022-09-16T01:59:02.121-07:00BRATISLAVA : article de Trait d'Union Magazine, Hong Kong, 09-2022<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJSVyYZx8k6z4OrYOqDnJHPBcHG1u8mG4WtIGw2vqqpkamV4uhooez3Wavs-fB-fWRD-16s5od_8gkBEHcuHSju7b8Rcn39Rl86QOPq0D2hOOtvY3M03Da5-5pPQNavEggznFwDDWXzto9Th4skAKFD6v6dMj0xadI-nECcSM1x3686ZieeTL6NbROQ/s2312/Evasion%20Sept1.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="1732" height="812" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJSVyYZx8k6z4OrYOqDnJHPBcHG1u8mG4WtIGw2vqqpkamV4uhooez3Wavs-fB-fWRD-16s5od_8gkBEHcuHSju7b8Rcn39Rl86QOPq0D2hOOtvY3M03Da5-5pPQNavEggznFwDDWXzto9Th4skAKFD6v6dMj0xadI-nECcSM1x3686ZieeTL6NbROQ/w609-h812/Evasion%20Sept1.png" width="609" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">- Page 1 -</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_Z2iiMlabfxlA2drBexix8srTD8JeksiMHAM-woyhCepQ6AOUZ9QBITc5VEg_1ivVXaklHbY7zctv8SQGoa5ZX1U0jZd_2pBZdTVP7dO67DG3tCAVRF3kfcw-12fJo8UFfNI1UQM_-Kn1tlQgt9voh2nziNmtKfG1k-r84v4vMMMpIlPyYNoum0ICA/s2318/Evasion%20Sept2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="1734" height="786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_Z2iiMlabfxlA2drBexix8srTD8JeksiMHAM-woyhCepQ6AOUZ9QBITc5VEg_1ivVXaklHbY7zctv8SQGoa5ZX1U0jZd_2pBZdTVP7dO67DG3tCAVRF3kfcw-12fJo8UFfNI1UQM_-Kn1tlQgt9voh2nziNmtKfG1k-r84v4vMMMpIlPyYNoum0ICA/w587-h786/Evasion%20Sept2.png" width="587" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">- Page 2 -</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href=" http://www.traitdunionmag.com/bratislava-port-fluvial-deurope-centrale/">Trait d'Unionmag.weblink</a></div><div><br /></div>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-35687246658860353562022-09-15T10:11:00.004-07:002022-09-15T10:11:35.572-07:00Le Danube à Bratislava.<p> <span> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQx5Humfhu871Qa5dkN33o8txFrzu3g56FRHNRCW9VxenRx8kCFOGHsMbM42YbuHFOrP-JnrglaHIPUeln9S2swvsbdFOGWuzrANNBTbdsSWjFGHWlSzUwwHGc0bUDeYCnc_cXlDu38vNQTTLGfd1qARh_hspx94iMb6VTD_nOgcgteOvzslLylj4k1w/s3360/20220802_195746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="3360" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQx5Humfhu871Qa5dkN33o8txFrzu3g56FRHNRCW9VxenRx8kCFOGHsMbM42YbuHFOrP-JnrglaHIPUeln9S2swvsbdFOGWuzrANNBTbdsSWjFGHWlSzUwwHGc0bUDeYCnc_cXlDu38vNQTTLGfd1qARh_hspx94iMb6VTD_nOgcgteOvzslLylj4k1w/w640-h168/20220802_195746.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Coucher de soleil sur le Danube</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;">Entre Vienne et Budapest, Bratislava, la capitale de la Slovaquie, est une étape intermédiaire sur le cours du fleuve.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Nombreuses sont aujourd’hui les compagnies qui offrent des croisières fluviales sur le Danube. C’est le plus long des fleuves d’Europe occidentale. La Volga est plus longue encore, mais ne coule qu’en Russie. Ainsi, de la Forêt-Noire à son delta de la mer Noire, le Danube traverse un grand nombre de pays (8), le long de ses 3,019 km, en traversant quatre capitales : Vienne, Bratislava, Budapest et Belgrade.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Dans cette région de plaine, entre Vienne et Budapest, le fleuve a entre 300 et 400 m de largeur.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">À l’escale de Bratislava, la colline du château domine le cours du fleuve. Mais Bratislava occupe les deux rives. Le quartier de la rive droite, date de la période soviétique. Les berges ont été aménagées en zones vertes pour les promeneurs et les amateurs de vélo. La vieille ville, ainsi que la section moderne de la capitale, se trouvent sur la rive gauche. Le port fluvial proprement dit fait partie de la ville ancienne. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Quelques grands ponts traversent le fleuve. Ils ont été conçus pour permettre aux piétons de traverser et ainsi d’avoir une vue différente du Danube et de la ville. Le plus connu de ces ouvrages est le “Pont Neuf” qui se situe au pied du château, au niveau de la cathédrale. Il est reconnaissable par son restaurant construit en haut du pylône, surnommé UFO, pour sa forme en soucoupe volante!</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Il existe une liaison fluviale, entre Bratislava et Vienne, opérée par la compagnie <a href="https://ticket.twincityliner.com/en">Twin City Liner </a>. Il y a plusieurs départs journaliers à bord d’un catamaran moderne. La traversée se fait en 90mn et a l’avantage de se faire au cœur de chacune des deux villes.</p><p style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;">Christian Sorand</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNCe95R9NzwIfjQ2Qy7Jor3cBOC-qS0IuPw3GJ6cQ8oFrxEMGNBjkPyK_1EUStxB2-EM2YIoYPlweaSZJiHQyEDA9noX7i0P-ibSnr8OElVTdmZizuVkk5_KeXernWIBjQDncLG0vtjCe7XnyBMGoUvd824Gur8UAY9L7pTR4JtztdPbRKfJWFoLZUg/s2380/20220803_130649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNCe95R9NzwIfjQ2Qy7Jor3cBOC-qS0IuPw3GJ6cQ8oFrxEMGNBjkPyK_1EUStxB2-EM2YIoYPlweaSZJiHQyEDA9noX7i0P-ibSnr8OElVTdmZizuVkk5_KeXernWIBjQDncLG0vtjCe7XnyBMGoUvd824Gur8UAY9L7pTR4JtztdPbRKfJWFoLZUg/s320/20220803_130649.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le bateau reliant Bratislava à Vienne</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTyCVkyACn0T17WrmlHkHxUtFzByCTV4Zl39huLT0odKt99Uuwq_e_AoEtd01RGIGfjeiTFgD9GBvRrAkArR-P3wvHFtyVH0gpnEiJnusaNTxYKjSDIfu3pGm7HEJ0M3PeTykjdCH0fhWb07Qp9F79UHdxMjO8jIxpVQRmZql1g870UACga4vNDoVjQ/s3360/20220730_141321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="3360" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTyCVkyACn0T17WrmlHkHxUtFzByCTV4Zl39huLT0odKt99Uuwq_e_AoEtd01RGIGfjeiTFgD9GBvRrAkArR-P3wvHFtyVH0gpnEiJnusaNTxYKjSDIfu3pGm7HEJ0M3PeTykjdCH0fhWb07Qp9F79UHdxMjO8jIxpVQRmZql1g870UACga4vNDoVjQ/w640-h232/20220730_141321.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le cours du Danube vu depuis les remparts du château.</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPV1GmFegRdzhtP4BJZQzZ379fhjXiWMNQqssJ5ttxth3K0aICSE9YUmfRvBiCGs8vrTqkWwrUgU4DryAd1kYk2Pkto3HtRfNJ8Vfci1ZGIpgtI_SMb0g3PkMnRvB-Ut3LT80Nai6ytTuA0XHB09LE3NAI3NjUBlUvlHdf0506D6t_ZVg6QMV1p9OyWA/s2380/20220730_184642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPV1GmFegRdzhtP4BJZQzZ379fhjXiWMNQqssJ5ttxth3K0aICSE9YUmfRvBiCGs8vrTqkWwrUgU4DryAd1kYk2Pkto3HtRfNJ8Vfci1ZGIpgtI_SMb0g3PkMnRvB-Ut3LT80Nai6ytTuA0XHB09LE3NAI3NjUBlUvlHdf0506D6t_ZVg6QMV1p9OyWA/w400-h300/20220730_184642.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vue depuis la rive droite</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3IS09fazAws_d8iotNHfQjCT21m3OFn38Q8kr2wpOTfewh4uqI-jVKs09yFgoAT1EMiMs00qNZ5-4M6cQXsShpBbWI1KSyi7oygt0AvaaQpA8sJI3-J1kAtqwhsL5tfD5E72yz0yRLIaEAl7jCoTb6JpGx_PY5ixioSp3Q-GSi20JrgVJLZCx35TAQA/s2380/20220803_143356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3IS09fazAws_d8iotNHfQjCT21m3OFn38Q8kr2wpOTfewh4uqI-jVKs09yFgoAT1EMiMs00qNZ5-4M6cQXsShpBbWI1KSyi7oygt0AvaaQpA8sJI3-J1kAtqwhsL5tfD5E72yz0yRLIaEAl7jCoTb6JpGx_PY5ixioSp3Q-GSi20JrgVJLZCx35TAQA/w400-h300/20220803_143356.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Départ fluvial de Bratislava</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFir9Rbs_Ue8SiBJGFcPgPObcXXAr2yY-jUhcxM6favxBATPBwY6tSVxl-zBBHpquRcxW6CoBLsVHIPssaw7VSt-6VRcREzlaDXnsUloJpYqq8Bb69-wV8PVcOhA3P2ZpI6-cZwB1jeMcoCWWnjkz1AVM40f4lhxUxZvMiG-U9mpmVKBAh4wgMxtwCPg/s2380/20220803_143405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFir9Rbs_Ue8SiBJGFcPgPObcXXAr2yY-jUhcxM6favxBATPBwY6tSVxl-zBBHpquRcxW6CoBLsVHIPssaw7VSt-6VRcREzlaDXnsUloJpYqq8Bb69-wV8PVcOhA3P2ZpI6-cZwB1jeMcoCWWnjkz1AVM40f4lhxUxZvMiG-U9mpmVKBAh4wgMxtwCPg/w640-h480/20220803_143405.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vue de Bratislava du Danube</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-89911003595286401832022-09-14T13:02:00.002-07:002022-09-14T13:02:16.476-07:00TRNAVA, Slovaquie.<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0nEroLEZrhg3_q-ZGLz8fC6wt9UeDPh8NCK8hZ0qEu4y7kilyEnNSHA_xsC3USkG1rVsv24cocCv6QJ7XRTaBAyqOxJOOK-ix98SHbnLoPPdwH-_dEczws2zG_c-W58aQCGlKYuWtxTmdiwz-kjefMAWs19wrdjS9M0S3rRNsG8H1e83Of68vy_R3w/s3360/20220802_104435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="3360" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0nEroLEZrhg3_q-ZGLz8fC6wt9UeDPh8NCK8hZ0qEu4y7kilyEnNSHA_xsC3USkG1rVsv24cocCv6QJ7XRTaBAyqOxJOOK-ix98SHbnLoPPdwH-_dEczws2zG_c-W58aQCGlKYuWtxTmdiwz-kjefMAWs19wrdjS9M0S3rRNsG8H1e83Of68vy_R3w/w640-h176/20220802_104435.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vue du beffroi de Trnava</i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;">Il est fort probable que le nom de cette petite ville vous soit inconnu. C’était bien mon cas, avant d’avoir choisi d’y aller au cours d’un voyage en Slovaquie. Qu’à cela ne tienne : évoquons ce lieu improbable, devenu une vraie découverte !</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ceci dit, il ne faut pas toujours s’arrêter sur une éventuelle description clinique formulée à l’emporte-pièce. On lira vraisemblablement que Trnava est la seconde plus grande ville de la partie occidentale du pays (sic) ; ou bien que c’est un centre d’assemblage automobile surnommé le “<i>Détroit slovaque</i>”, en insistant sur son dynamisme. Le groupe Peugeot y est d’ailleurs implanté. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pour rendre enfin à César ce qui est à César, on mentionne aussi que c’est une ville historique…</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Alors revenons à des impressions en phase avec une réalité plus humaine, et donc plus chaleureuse. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgde9kaiYteDhOSKnwFRbh438yDc8MX59qVYyaM1TRzwkqSBr2i9antBiPFYcqkP2kS93Eug7-m4sRCEhExEY29nmQvX_4fvCIRXZg-XEJEPHgaYmiP4Lyf0QV8r3xHq_ZzeLRvio1ZWpzZefw_8WOB6zqJZsY20mlLpA2egpMYP7vm_xVd_q06_8uwTA/s1783/20220801_174757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="1516" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgde9kaiYteDhOSKnwFRbh438yDc8MX59qVYyaM1TRzwkqSBr2i9antBiPFYcqkP2kS93Eug7-m4sRCEhExEY29nmQvX_4fvCIRXZg-XEJEPHgaYmiP4Lyf0QV8r3xHq_ZzeLRvio1ZWpzZefw_8WOB6zqJZsY20mlLpA2egpMYP7vm_xVd_q06_8uwTA/w272-h320/20220801_174757.jpg" width="272" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le beffroi et la place centrale</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Partons donc pour Trnava, au fil d’une escapade aussi surprenante que ravissante.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Une autoroute mène de Bratislava à Trnava. Il ne faut guère plus d’une heure pour s’y rendre. Le paysage est plutôt morne. On traverse une plaine agricole dont le seul relief au nord est celui de la chaîne des Carpates. En arrivant aux alentours de Trnava, la description initiale prend tout son effet à la vue d’une panoplie de cheminée fumantes. Aïe, ça commence mal ! </p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>L’autobus de la capitale dépose ses passagers à proximité de <b>la gare ferroviaire</b>. Ici, un grand <b>parc </b>planté de grands arbres accueille le voyageur. C’est déjà un accueil plus favorable. Pour gagner le centre-ville, on longe alors à pied un quartier résidentiel plutôt souriant avant d’atteindre la vieille ville ceinturée de remparts. Ces <b>fortifications</b>, longues de 3km, sont les plus anciennes du pays. Au niveau de l’<b>église Sainte-Hélène</b> de style baroque du XVIIe, on prend alors une longue rue piétonne menant au cœur d’une vieille cité propre, restaurée et fort animée! Tout change! Les trois adjectifs précédents décrivent cette première impression. Ce qui frappe d’emblée, c’est l’extrême propreté des lieux : façades, couleurs, magasins, fontaines, bancs publics.. Tout est soigné et restauré avec goût, mettant bâtisses et monuments en relief. C’est encore l’été ici, et les cafés, les glaciers foisonnent et sont apparemment très fréquentés, non pas par des touristes, mais bien par des gens du crû. Il y a beaucoup de jeunes enfants<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvueeQEi-2T2kMKK1z6_hu-jy5F7FCT2ondUfc_1pwz5M3yldJKUwL91CskcqGPAN1p9Nn82RoO0GUfwPSsI0wtkDR-kCMi-oMvnnWgbZt3BI0VEyWhGTo0lctrfx28ni60Pzdlz0mDs_yJHAlc_eSCKUQBXroVtFbMaDDor_9azGocjA4FLTwmrQUA/s2380/20220801_174909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvueeQEi-2T2kMKK1z6_hu-jy5F7FCT2ondUfc_1pwz5M3yldJKUwL91CskcqGPAN1p9Nn82RoO0GUfwPSsI0wtkDR-kCMi-oMvnnWgbZt3BI0VEyWhGTo0lctrfx28ni60Pzdlz0mDs_yJHAlc_eSCKUQBXroVtFbMaDDor_9azGocjA4FLTwmrQUA/s320/20220801_174909.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Façade de l'hôtel de ville</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> partout, simplement parce que cette avenue-esplanade est le théâtre d’animations locales, conférant une atmosphère festive. Un peu après<b> l’hôtel de ville</b>, on atteint alors la <b>place centrale</b>. L’impression demeure. Elle s’amplifie à la vue de tous ces clochers atypiques, de ces palais ou de ces demeures historiques.. Quelle belle petite ville ! Le coup de cœur persiste. La prolifération des édifices religieux souligne l’importance historique de Trnava. Au XVIIe siècle, une <b>université jésuite</b> y a été fondée. La grande place est surmontée d’un <b>beffroi médiéval</b>, haut de 60m. Du haut de l’édifice, on jouit d’une vue panoramique de 360º. La forme des clochers est particulièrement frappante. Si la <b>cathédrale St-Jean-Baptiste</b>, de style baroque (XVIIe), , reste un édifice assez classique, on ne peut pas en dire autant de l’<b>église St.-Nicolas</b>, de style gothique danubien et datant du XIVe. Trnava a également été un centre hébraïque important. La <b>synagogue Status Quo Ante</b> est du XIVe. Elle est devenue un lieu de mémoire hébraïque et une salle d’exposition d’objets d’art contemporains. La synagogue actuelle n’est pas ouverte au public, mais le rez-de-chaussée est devenu un café branché!</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C’est donc un vrai plaisir pour les yeux de déambuler le long des rues et des venelles, parfois entrecoupés d’espaces verts.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>L’ironie du sort veut que cette ville de l’automobile ait gardé un centre historique entièrement piétonnier! Trnava est véritablement un lieu d’exception.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;">Christian Sorand</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVeMdP8IbiwpKIFJv3wPEeL9sTGzqLrJn6ABBOu7Bt5ayX8Iproycc46woPtHoxzGm8BKS9TUrq-46gE78SFyyjldK9g-T58Pdt9tyVueYSOSqB55k-9MLt9W4jSgp-S-lLd0B3yEtpLAJu58kmy4UPmNx-T-48WM3HFSVQjus1DN9z4cJam-EGd6Pg/s2380/20220801_171315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVeMdP8IbiwpKIFJv3wPEeL9sTGzqLrJn6ABBOu7Bt5ayX8Iproycc46woPtHoxzGm8BKS9TUrq-46gE78SFyyjldK9g-T58Pdt9tyVueYSOSqB55k-9MLt9W4jSgp-S-lLd0B3yEtpLAJu58kmy4UPmNx-T-48WM3HFSVQjus1DN9z4cJam-EGd6Pg/s320/20220801_171315.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Une partie restaurée des fortifications</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqcL-0JYf31W1hdcFUyQ008dx9__cUBvi4vn0WjzHY3zMWN29v3dPcMAsMLS1PgKsTdvPregw4Bi8ccdY7bawTRuLORMqXN1pQQiGAUdLeFT_p5R18HplA4BlH7hQl_lFjixkp-CsX178NzG1UrNE7n3RlOfklWbqr5whroCxG-_xJnlDZbZX1jgbIQ/s1784/20220801_172312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqcL-0JYf31W1hdcFUyQ008dx9__cUBvi4vn0WjzHY3zMWN29v3dPcMAsMLS1PgKsTdvPregw4Bi8ccdY7bawTRuLORMqXN1pQQiGAUdLeFT_p5R18HplA4BlH7hQl_lFjixkp-CsX178NzG1UrNE7n3RlOfklWbqr5whroCxG-_xJnlDZbZX1jgbIQ/s320/20220801_172312.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Église Saint-Nicolas</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWGkcPvZ_AvbOQFd0MWlfPrudhbPtIrUYLO32SP-FSHC8tXiyj2y6XpGK8_0sPE_3fdsXplGB16m1VRZ6PGXnJEerfM_pXopASzv1p4WzIZ7_hNOaENqiqtCydlVHI_0k81tTzdOkOqr13cVfLjzqnaZfRCAph80dcIRp5MWysYUdqt5BIuNpU9bwqA/s1784/20220801_172934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWGkcPvZ_AvbOQFd0MWlfPrudhbPtIrUYLO32SP-FSHC8tXiyj2y6XpGK8_0sPE_3fdsXplGB16m1VRZ6PGXnJEerfM_pXopASzv1p4WzIZ7_hNOaENqiqtCydlVHI_0k81tTzdOkOqr13cVfLjzqnaZfRCAph80dcIRp5MWysYUdqt5BIuNpU9bwqA/s320/20220801_172934.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Synagogue Staus Quo Ante</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftzbM81hal3jY7KH2d2KmISfNi7hm82evYwSyMMlMJNyhpNal5XBvNnp7PgpdgMSo1IBwZO-Zn3Zf_nBbIpdmLqsZ6K1mphe6hWqcKKjeWLkMwwrr9aFDuTpXaPb6YpLTZgx84LHlCVraHuH3V-pLpo_ECOuyE2C_VnapRV6kvP2KrWKTstuXhkraeA/s1784/20220802_101511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftzbM81hal3jY7KH2d2KmISfNi7hm82evYwSyMMlMJNyhpNal5XBvNnp7PgpdgMSo1IBwZO-Zn3Zf_nBbIpdmLqsZ6K1mphe6hWqcKKjeWLkMwwrr9aFDuTpXaPb6YpLTZgx84LHlCVraHuH3V-pLpo_ECOuyE2C_VnapRV6kvP2KrWKTstuXhkraeA/s320/20220802_101511.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Intérieur de la synagogue</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbD0xe-usQdK0czVEpgvvh0KBDxapp2wfvRdnpy52H_6WzJIQwpIn-2BMvwlMIsZNU1nJNNAu2o4dZvGV9ODa-w8xkpirbcpSl7KKG-mQXNYboz4fTtKUtnv-VbpstQosSWvdqM4Z7rdLXAt_PNchUDOt1HfxNQXDxMHE_N8aWj4_VoP9u9GezOj7gw/s1784/20220801_171925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbD0xe-usQdK0czVEpgvvh0KBDxapp2wfvRdnpy52H_6WzJIQwpIn-2BMvwlMIsZNU1nJNNAu2o4dZvGV9ODa-w8xkpirbcpSl7KKG-mQXNYboz4fTtKUtnv-VbpstQosSWvdqM4Z7rdLXAt_PNchUDOt1HfxNQXDxMHE_N8aWj4_VoP9u9GezOj7gw/s320/20220801_171925.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Une rue de Trnava</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufAYBbGTp4aXQKOnwzRkiOT7dcP-vFJketz7fxCxdUS6betCeej3RRcgWCKmQvWq1eiGHrnSMWuiGwj1gArLil0Fj6AesrDFQrtsjFGPZ_2QMONXt5IHZRwpYn9PnJ3W46ztmn73XKy7uLkF5s1VgH33lC7s_xlWWgMVuxcPc1uPKx96qW3ZtiqF2Lg/s2652/20220802_091852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="2652" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufAYBbGTp4aXQKOnwzRkiOT7dcP-vFJketz7fxCxdUS6betCeej3RRcgWCKmQvWq1eiGHrnSMWuiGwj1gArLil0Fj6AesrDFQrtsjFGPZ_2QMONXt5IHZRwpYn9PnJ3W46ztmn73XKy7uLkF5s1VgH33lC7s_xlWWgMVuxcPc1uPKx96qW3ZtiqF2Lg/w400-h269/20220802_091852.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Maisons du centre-ville</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmbCkoMdlArNtTDOPGODpbQtmzylBFTPqb7ADpgRoAAfexGXJfokAnp-rv5mei6QHU0cu0t7dmWUsVBmYEb3l-lHKIbxYpawTg9-Aki9GgcXQ_KIjwLXjEK-n9t2u3mjukR26AE-2hwOcuFeWL08cQnASIGrb-zznZLbzKtP25QlnDz5Nskh_Xc-Y3w/s1784/20220802_091622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1234" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmbCkoMdlArNtTDOPGODpbQtmzylBFTPqb7ADpgRoAAfexGXJfokAnp-rv5mei6QHU0cu0t7dmWUsVBmYEb3l-lHKIbxYpawTg9-Aki9GgcXQ_KIjwLXjEK-n9t2u3mjukR26AE-2hwOcuFeWL08cQnASIGrb-zznZLbzKtP25QlnDz5Nskh_Xc-Y3w/s320/20220802_091622.jpg" width="221" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cathédrale St.Jean-Baptiste</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjvPbJcJcCYyysN9ZX50jzTC7ePtMCTeqwTuS9QJoa9xACRA5VtF8m9KXsNir3euMk6VHEQcFUcz5vi7s5W46qoON35XkQZ5G--385mRgVa3WVkM89f7_mumV7FcgquNJCdEPTTZ--d-JLz9NvxIKIH9wLp_v30GWWMUtGTFYF9aFPQYb-fF4EmvI2A/s1784/20220802_091418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjvPbJcJcCYyysN9ZX50jzTC7ePtMCTeqwTuS9QJoa9xACRA5VtF8m9KXsNir3euMk6VHEQcFUcz5vi7s5W46qoON35XkQZ5G--385mRgVa3WVkM89f7_mumV7FcgquNJCdEPTTZ--d-JLz9NvxIKIH9wLp_v30GWWMUtGTFYF9aFPQYb-fF4EmvI2A/s320/20220802_091418.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Intérieur de la cathédrale</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wjwmNqTkZQygYNjuzV5XuQXv7tXGBoBJ-5zd1G7NHEEwSbf27MR2lfhCu8FXjLt4HxCkU0OHrcY5rhIe-TzOBw3lSP6Lwzs9qa163f9XI_cVKTVS8jzVpeMmTGQ4wzlPjZlMyVDxE24pI1PCNP6IWY6qKR1wwDrtyRaVAac-kMRY0zxjZrljFioVTQ/s1784/20220802_094328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wjwmNqTkZQygYNjuzV5XuQXv7tXGBoBJ-5zd1G7NHEEwSbf27MR2lfhCu8FXjLt4HxCkU0OHrcY5rhIe-TzOBw3lSP6Lwzs9qa163f9XI_cVKTVS8jzVpeMmTGQ4wzlPjZlMyVDxE24pI1PCNP6IWY6qKR1wwDrtyRaVAac-kMRY0zxjZrljFioVTQ/s320/20220802_094328.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La place centrale et sa colonne</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobXPn80lLBRDZPUdIkh0oeTJQ-7pfVYwH0bACyxSVVYJDKSAf-a7V2m8vkPr0YE-vfyMI6acnrIajDqF0mH9SJ3XONlV9YLMUVlLdLRSyTLIYT6bjTN5rIiWgvNLNFV6KYjcGKVF30csw02mlvXEz-FWQvQd_rhpfQlZF0IXl05SbS_G7kHRxYu8w7w/s1783/20220801_175123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="1094" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobXPn80lLBRDZPUdIkh0oeTJQ-7pfVYwH0bACyxSVVYJDKSAf-a7V2m8vkPr0YE-vfyMI6acnrIajDqF0mH9SJ3XONlV9YLMUVlLdLRSyTLIYT6bjTN5rIiWgvNLNFV6KYjcGKVF30csw02mlvXEz-FWQvQd_rhpfQlZF0IXl05SbS_G7kHRxYu8w7w/s320/20220801_175123.jpg" width="196" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le beffroi de la ville</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXTHVE4PuC4E1aXhk_HtDw223iLoLUW7AEYge9nOkYVutbC9TQB1G1TJw_q_g9Gzz6jWSpQpVKWTjx694sQ0cc1ZdUTUsakuhnzRGrD-fahMHh_RKNuKXVZjuP61i30YrTPbs0jV6Mr4SMMAqx7zISEZHxhrZNlaGnPfnN4f311CGMhhsAAlqUT9-PA/s1784/20220802_104510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXTHVE4PuC4E1aXhk_HtDw223iLoLUW7AEYge9nOkYVutbC9TQB1G1TJw_q_g9Gzz6jWSpQpVKWTjx694sQ0cc1ZdUTUsakuhnzRGrD-fahMHh_RKNuKXVZjuP61i30YrTPbs0jV6Mr4SMMAqx7zISEZHxhrZNlaGnPfnN4f311CGMhhsAAlqUT9-PA/w300-h400/20220802_104510.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vue plongeante du haut du beffroi</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlrf--SXx_l8bznbFGMjsQCUC5NmOQ0-JNbXZvN3aswM452oNJ6X8CWUj3RjqwAYzqQMS5lZNOqv19NH2RvysERYW4iDNJl-nVa5Bu9AmwGrXAXsxIckY_BSGPn2WkFkSjEAsjBl_xQeVA73o7Vfef5SWTO9KBHSNapYhdjooiop-de2eYhhIWO6B_w/s1784/20220802_104533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlrf--SXx_l8bznbFGMjsQCUC5NmOQ0-JNbXZvN3aswM452oNJ6X8CWUj3RjqwAYzqQMS5lZNOqv19NH2RvysERYW4iDNJl-nVa5Bu9AmwGrXAXsxIckY_BSGPn2WkFkSjEAsjBl_xQeVA73o7Vfef5SWTO9KBHSNapYhdjooiop-de2eYhhIWO6B_w/w300-h400/20220802_104533.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vue du balcon de la tour de la ville</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609738547198933997.post-33482948900930314582022-09-06T11:37:00.005-07:002022-09-06T11:37:58.564-07:00BRATISLAVA, Slovaquie.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINx33pe3sz2TYWBuI5SEDeHrtLSLgZBb62AR5nGKJAmjiY-AV2RgTbnYgjNAu4_Iyg-04dh595DoEyw-NAwrr893hWzwDqeRvVZJtX6uKjlSlEELFhce9xlLLqc_1Spd3e-ijsHW5z0x6fAGak1C6caqXHxvmuUUQrb9WHhnV15A_HhN2XrQDO0b8Kw/s3360/Bratislava%20main%20square.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="3360" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINx33pe3sz2TYWBuI5SEDeHrtLSLgZBb62AR5nGKJAmjiY-AV2RgTbnYgjNAu4_Iyg-04dh595DoEyw-NAwrr893hWzwDqeRvVZJtX6uKjlSlEELFhce9xlLLqc_1Spd3e-ijsHW5z0x6fAGak1C6caqXHxvmuUUQrb9WHhnV15A_HhN2XrQDO0b8Kw/w640-h172/Bratislava%20main%20square.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La grande place centrale de Bratislava</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span>Sur les rives du Danube, entre Vienne et Budapest, Bratislava, l’ancienne
Pressburg, est aujourd’hui devenue la capitale de la Slovaquie. Si
l’agglomération s’étale de chaque côté du fleuve, le cœur battant de la
communauté urbaine se trouve sur la rive gauche. La vieille cité médiévale se
blottit au pied d’une colline boisée, sur laquelle veille la masse blanche d’un
ancien château. Sur cette même rive du Danube, à la périphérie de la cité
historique, quelques immeubles flambant neufs, semblent vouloir donner un
nouveau souffle à l’espace urbain. Malgré tout, une grande partie de la ville
porte encore les traces d’une occupation soviétique au style lourd et triste.
C’est peut-être pour cela que les murs de ces quartiers sont tagués à l’excès.
Fort heureusement la cité historique donne à la ville un cachet certain. Devenue
espace <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwDine8UCFYkSWk_6ltamehm3KlHtWLt6XIX-yvSZmfdVv4DPsLPRGlKq9C9X987JmeoN1owdbxeJFOBCcyiQIsCJRc4JCrWI96nt2OCXIDp0WEMNglMFNqeWPsXRFm-7rog2fDeuZACWwYXGa3AZA0KOTs2zgbNd_gii7uJa6ruJeLD0jzMz06MDgw/s1784/20220729_141247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1442" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwDine8UCFYkSWk_6ltamehm3KlHtWLt6XIX-yvSZmfdVv4DPsLPRGlKq9C9X987JmeoN1owdbxeJFOBCcyiQIsCJRc4JCrWI96nt2OCXIDp0WEMNglMFNqeWPsXRFm-7rog2fDeuZACWwYXGa3AZA0KOTs2zgbNd_gii7uJa6ruJeLD0jzMz06MDgw/w162-h200/20220729_141247.jpg" width="162" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cour de l'Hôtel-de-Ville</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />piétonnier, la vieille ville s’étale au pied de la colline et sur une
partie du Danube. Ses rues et ses ruelles forment un labyrinthe rappelant
l’empreinte moyenâgeuse, mais les façades et les bâtiments sont plutôt de style
baroque. La grande <b>place centrale</b>, celle de l’ancien <b>hôtel-de-ville</b>, reste le
lieu emblématique de la capitale. Contrairement à beaucoup d’autres capitales,
les ambassades des pays étrangers ont choisi d’élire domicile dans l’enceinte de
la cité historique. Mais aujourd’hui, ce centre urbain vit du tourisme. Bars,
cafés, restaurants et autres lieux commerciaux ne manquent pas. La <b>cathédrale
St.-Martin</b> est de style gothique. Plusieurs monarques de l’ancien empire
austro-hongrois y ont été couronnés. D’ailleurs <b>le château de Bratislava</b>,
en-haut de la colline, a été un lieu de séjour fréquent pour l’impératrice
Marie-Thérèse d’Autriche. La colline sert de parc ombragé. Du sommet, on jouit
d’une belle vue sur la ville, les monts des Carpates, le Danube et la vieille
ville. Bratislava porte l’empreinte d’une importante communauté juive qui a
pourtant beaucoup souffert de l’occupation <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS94jSphE-9bUollhy3NfpFeqApoz9fxEHB7qHAPr4XHWZNSmNNHSti0cnjLXOXvLf6-3OiuDOpVKGnrwdENUg1OtZPYtsEy9vFNIO1wAhj-DDz3wkwEYX2ubsV-kN-TB6Tpi9U7IiYyeEg92WJOTktdgNArOVkxVHnegjYUPTBYvN5GIApzPnCvtcrw/s1784/20220729_142629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS94jSphE-9bUollhy3NfpFeqApoz9fxEHB7qHAPr4XHWZNSmNNHSti0cnjLXOXvLf6-3OiuDOpVKGnrwdENUg1OtZPYtsEy9vFNIO1wAhj-DDz3wkwEYX2ubsV-kN-TB6Tpi9U7IiYyeEg92WJOTktdgNArOVkxVHnegjYUPTBYvN5GIApzPnCvtcrw/w150-h200/20220729_142629.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dans la vieille ville</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />nazie. L’ancienne synagogue a été
entièrement détruite, mais son souvenir commémoratif demeure au pied du <b>Pont
Neuf</b>, dominé par un restaurant en forme de soucoupe volante et surnommé UFO
(anglais pour OVNI). Il y a de nombreux édifices religieux témoignant de
l’ancienneté de la foi slovaque. L’<b>église Sainte-Élisabeth,</b> à l’écart de
l’enceinte de la vieille ville, mérite une visite pour son style Art-Déco et
pour sa couleur bleue pastel. Le <b>Théâtre National</b> slovaque est un autre monument
emblématique de la capitale. Une vaste promenade ombragée, bordée de grands
hôtels et de restaurants, mène sur la rive du Danube, où viennent accosteras
bateaux des innombrables croisières fluviales. Dans l’extension moderne de la
ville, on trouve deux immenses centres commerciaux : celui situé au-dessus de la
gare centrale des autobus et un second, absolument superbe (<b>Eurovéa</b>) sur les
bords du Danube. Le port fluvial de Bratislava est desservi par une navette
maritime reliant la ville à Vienne. </div><div style="text-align: right;">Christian Sorand
</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTH_2HRtMapZIsu-qaS6yQzxQu428-2iJx1IMN2N_XGLxNZZRNgjmWtbcRQYWQ-lEmXaqauoYjZDGvL0ogdL7LF9jCy_Q6r5l2WGrEchyRuCQ4u-kAkoX2rEizPMSYrFeOALV5MBYt5FO_jWst86yKAivm9xTJK4w7MLbxor_TS5XoPSPY2pp35vTrw/s2380/20220729_144404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTH_2HRtMapZIsu-qaS6yQzxQu428-2iJx1IMN2N_XGLxNZZRNgjmWtbcRQYWQ-lEmXaqauoYjZDGvL0ogdL7LF9jCy_Q6r5l2WGrEchyRuCQ4u-kAkoX2rEizPMSYrFeOALV5MBYt5FO_jWst86yKAivm9xTJK4w7MLbxor_TS5XoPSPY2pp35vTrw/w400-h300/20220729_144404.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'esplanade du Théâtre national</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv49WxLkm_4i0hIh3jhtMm1VmODyrvNZ_Y-p-WSduMfSlO8y8F0s9MG9dPrUdLzNYvkakJQ3OTHHJRLLoiHx5Nn9Jg3xOyQd1HwFrq7AbvULAdVSBfUrHC2walw-SFh_IX7ahISYqBBTbnYjWAYoaQ84MlbDaJPnEYM9pthUJHGT9YNjmgjRGDLqxv4w/s2380/20220729_144745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv49WxLkm_4i0hIh3jhtMm1VmODyrvNZ_Y-p-WSduMfSlO8y8F0s9MG9dPrUdLzNYvkakJQ3OTHHJRLLoiHx5Nn9Jg3xOyQd1HwFrq7AbvULAdVSBfUrHC2walw-SFh_IX7ahISYqBBTbnYjWAYoaQ84MlbDaJPnEYM9pthUJHGT9YNjmgjRGDLqxv4w/w400-h300/20220729_144745.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La façade et le beffroi de l'Hôtel-de-Ville</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdbE2HtbOjNV57PvrZLjF84N1mx7day7jBJPr4b9L8i1aCxG9OTkqyC_BDt9C_FHwRyIcdEafBqLXpiabGBVDR33AOJE2U0hGddS5qvZ5sAQoXHMcuBlM0ljJUOGNberoo3u_CFrrtObDbvszsWsSD3Vs3wiXAWhylfNItaB-AZbvVek6d9cqhqEDDw/s1784/20220730_135852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdbE2HtbOjNV57PvrZLjF84N1mx7day7jBJPr4b9L8i1aCxG9OTkqyC_BDt9C_FHwRyIcdEafBqLXpiabGBVDR33AOJE2U0hGddS5qvZ5sAQoXHMcuBlM0ljJUOGNberoo3u_CFrrtObDbvszsWsSD3Vs3wiXAWhylfNItaB-AZbvVek6d9cqhqEDDw/s320/20220730_135852.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le clocher de la cathédrale</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqkwazgyu0GkwrsNTGt_Oi0F_U8j7qBXyFIcH5ncEQCMHsc-LE8fdDYYeur38VHakWhMoT5JMtRXq0z8Bqulz7WQW7MU-BtXnl00omGhtIVDR5ZoustcQvx4LPMqk7tWHYSYsAU3XUraWbkn2cvbl4Q4pLx2BgznQzwijBJjVubWnCAmGXmQ29odAhQ/s1784/20220730_142745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqkwazgyu0GkwrsNTGt_Oi0F_U8j7qBXyFIcH5ncEQCMHsc-LE8fdDYYeur38VHakWhMoT5JMtRXq0z8Bqulz7WQW7MU-BtXnl00omGhtIVDR5ZoustcQvx4LPMqk7tWHYSYsAU3XUraWbkn2cvbl4Q4pLx2BgznQzwijBJjVubWnCAmGXmQ29odAhQ/s320/20220730_142745.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Parc du château</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3t502npBDOoX4t33NiKgyNAdDUbyijJRWWFxOOoqSTNqSh1DM6_KzhN3ke_JAC8GC_8cblE6yEIshsRDhj7Bw5E-S0tkJ-0P1I6Ao_tAfaJqFzh42lhdpiwRVFSFRxL335tza9qet4-mW2dsn-OLts_60S22-JsIKjvxzStKZVn1VJOlTxNQbODB1A/s3360/20220730_141321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="3360" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3t502npBDOoX4t33NiKgyNAdDUbyijJRWWFxOOoqSTNqSh1DM6_KzhN3ke_JAC8GC_8cblE6yEIshsRDhj7Bw5E-S0tkJ-0P1I6Ao_tAfaJqFzh42lhdpiwRVFSFRxL335tza9qet4-mW2dsn-OLts_60S22-JsIKjvxzStKZVn1VJOlTxNQbODB1A/w640-h232/20220730_141321.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vue panoramique de la terrasse du château</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_XesSXYtxppqIn4Svhs4ZnQRofYUeTFMNU52qk24yekqOK-poQSZeCDIuuBRgQy84_8rZcMGakV22ZxnCd0xlWQ5Nk_dbEgs2Rc-9uckBJOfQMSYcp23PUd3lYPUI0UBAgVi66XQKBNwVv0WsRiTQ9LLLyZV7Vs2anIpfiloTSEPOQ7LP0lWKIsquQ/s2380/20220731_150422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_XesSXYtxppqIn4Svhs4ZnQRofYUeTFMNU52qk24yekqOK-poQSZeCDIuuBRgQy84_8rZcMGakV22ZxnCd0xlWQ5Nk_dbEgs2Rc-9uckBJOfQMSYcp23PUd3lYPUI0UBAgVi66XQKBNwVv0WsRiTQ9LLLyZV7Vs2anIpfiloTSEPOQ7LP0lWKIsquQ/w400-h300/20220731_150422.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Façade du palais Primatial</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDQqnIH83yn0ju9Cy9oKZYpZOtLcMlEYclwQ_0_0S6X1LXYz5vtIW3AffLRqx40RkGrl-cCfhTdaxEK498U9sNDy_yT5s_fHv59tLkzIIW-zpEZxeK5cJzFxuN55X-vQfBz2WUgVK39wXRkXcSId6jr-yjL_s8F7eAKtFPnOlEOCUJqjtXH6PUUnc-g/s1784/20220731_130743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDQqnIH83yn0ju9Cy9oKZYpZOtLcMlEYclwQ_0_0S6X1LXYz5vtIW3AffLRqx40RkGrl-cCfhTdaxEK498U9sNDy_yT5s_fHv59tLkzIIW-zpEZxeK5cJzFxuN55X-vQfBz2WUgVK39wXRkXcSId6jr-yjL_s8F7eAKtFPnOlEOCUJqjtXH6PUUnc-g/s320/20220731_130743.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vieux quartier au pied du château</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUcYwpiE7Gdp4FQcKbygvGzjacexysd_Vj2J5r2wUNSM9xRtHWD8QsDkjvuUEtqmO0JdgFcLdpOev42RBbV9S4jQa8GqwfsxT-TWC05S2KfpjUokN8LXZtOl9Kl5YddXEvrofQLlL6X_YA-yACHjPiRGzj8oPOvIdCXc6hteLB58FWNVNm2Fqpw7jYw/s1784/20220731_133838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUcYwpiE7Gdp4FQcKbygvGzjacexysd_Vj2J5r2wUNSM9xRtHWD8QsDkjvuUEtqmO0JdgFcLdpOev42RBbV9S4jQa8GqwfsxT-TWC05S2KfpjUokN8LXZtOl9Kl5YddXEvrofQLlL6X_YA-yACHjPiRGzj8oPOvIdCXc6hteLB58FWNVNm2Fqpw7jYw/s320/20220731_133838.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galerie marchande d'Eurovéa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-pSGF1MWOKtlHlHSQx1ta6dmXZPgNOnthVNQMkHxO5NCdDYpm3dVnQD42-M4gc0258dK4rk4LdsVEvAu7EJ6ZoA00Pw3xev8R9e28sadBgTrZ_-X7SYokV7tHnr-lRNZxMXANXbK_24ph0gFqr8gUBXo4zkL4zOYsrdI69ehC4ElW85k4vEmiG2acA/s2380/20220802_213010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2380" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-pSGF1MWOKtlHlHSQx1ta6dmXZPgNOnthVNQMkHxO5NCdDYpm3dVnQD42-M4gc0258dK4rk4LdsVEvAu7EJ6ZoA00Pw3xev8R9e28sadBgTrZ_-X7SYokV7tHnr-lRNZxMXANXbK_24ph0gFqr8gUBXo4zkL4zOYsrdI69ehC4ElW85k4vEmiG2acA/w640-h480/20220802_213010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La place centrale la nuit</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTp8yPitWEAsSniDL1GV01Q6LUtuZ1iNySX6Ozp7SAHojbOXXLrOv9Ei27KRFgDvpL18i7uwor-b0Lbvts-Pu_MQGtQAMFIHnpY1VQr2Gzv-h_FrHptwfJYYdG-kQ7c9tOCjdjgbuiMV5eDFFRz7GiuiGczwDMwKoOikZpw0A6OfS5z0XFKqnGd3mnw/s3360/20220730_142903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="3360" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTp8yPitWEAsSniDL1GV01Q6LUtuZ1iNySX6Ozp7SAHojbOXXLrOv9Ei27KRFgDvpL18i7uwor-b0Lbvts-Pu_MQGtQAMFIHnpY1VQr2Gzv-h_FrHptwfJYYdG-kQ7c9tOCjdjgbuiMV5eDFFRz7GiuiGczwDMwKoOikZpw0A6OfS5z0XFKqnGd3mnw/w640-h160/20220730_142903.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Vue panoramique de Bratislava et du Danube</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Chrismatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054602470159600489noreply@blogger.com0