Medina

"With the Medina of Monastir, it constitutes the unique prototype of military coastal architecture of the first centuries of Islam that has been passed down to us. Several monuments of the medina bear witness to this robust, ascetic and imposing architecture, notably the Ribat, the Great Mosque, the Bou Ftata Mosque, the Kasbah and the ramparts. " (OUV)

"The Medina of Tunis is an example of a human settlement that has conserved the integrity of its urban fabric with all its typo-morphological components. " (OUV)

Criterion (v): ..., the medina of Kairouan, whose skyline is punctuated by the minarets and the cupolas of its mosques and zawiyas, has preserved its network of winding streets and courtyard houses.

"residential neighbourhoods for Jewish communities (Hara Sghira and Hara Kbira); the latter echoed the typical dense and compact medinas of the cities of the Maghreb." (AB ev)