Sousse

Rich city of Sousse with numerous monuments and sites which represent a beacon of civilization, and the historical evidence of the richness of this party since ancient times.

Located jewel coast of Sousse on the coast in rural eastern 160 km south of Tunis, the climate mild and semi-continental which since ancient capital and the port has not changed during the last six and twenty centuries of its existence, only to call it Hadramout in the Roman era became known as Hoenrikuboles with the Vandals and Justianaboles with the Byzantines and then Sousse in Arab period.

Sousse Phoenicians founded in the ninth century BC to be used as a port for commercial ships in the western region of the Mediterranean has been known under Roman rule is growing rapidly and has become one of the most important cities in Africa. There have been notable events during the period Alondalih or Byzantine as well as during the first period of the Islamic era. 

Sousse was made ​​up of some of the estates, which is protected by a small castle Rabat observatory and used as a shelter for residents. 

In the ninth century AD, Sousse Aghlabids chose to build their base and marine structures where God first increase year 205 AH, corresponding to AD 821, which includes the trachea and Rabat military arsenal where there are a group of soldiers took all of that fence. 

And established Abu Abbas year 229 AH, corresponding to 844 AD stubble new and after that date fifteen years took Abu Ibrahim Ahmad city range from stone Almqsob Since then lived Sousse period of peace enabled them to prosperity has evolved from a military base to become one of the largest cities in Africa and the most important sea ports of Kairouan.