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Name of Object:

Temple and fountain of Zaghwan

Location:

La Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Institut Supérieur d’Histoire Contemporaine de la Tunisie

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, La Manouba, Tunis

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Paper

Description:

This drawing of the temples and fountains of Zaghwan was drawn by Sir Grenville Temple in the mid-19th century. The triumphal arc and the nymphaeum are carved with two important tales from the city's ancient history. This water temple, located at the feet of Mount Zaghwan, contains a 30 metre long semicircle nymphaeum, bordered on the inside by arched galleries fitted with various niches. At its feet lies a pool, flowing with water which is then carried all the way to Carthage.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

Copied from a drawinig by Sir Grenville Temple, published in his book The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean in London in 1840, this drawing was taken from Chelli Zouhir, La Tunisie au Rythme des Estampes du XVe au XIXe siecle (Tunis, ed. Tunis Carthage: 1992), p. 65, fig. 25.

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Temple and fountain of Zaghwan" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;90;en;N

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 093

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