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Ottoman bridge of Medjez el-Bab

الجسر العثماني بمجاز الباب

The seventeenth-century arched bridge that gave the town its name.

The story

“Medjez” means the crossing. For four centuries this stone bridge has commanded the passage of the Medjerda on the Tunis–Béja road.

Also in Medjez el-Bab

  1. 01Commonwealth war cemeteryHeritageNearly 2,900 graves from the 1942–43 Tunisian campaign.
  2. 02Grain marketFoodWheat, barley and pulses from across the plain.
  3. 03Medjerda plainNatureTunisia’s breadbasket, as far as the eye can see.
  4. 04Bridge RestaurantWhere to eatRiver fish and grills, terrace by the water.