samedi 25 mai 2013

15 Wonderful Hilltop Towns and Villages

14. Takrouna, Tunisia


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Takrouna is a small village in the Tunisian Sahel region, located about six miles (10 km) west of Enfida, direction Zaghouan. It is built on a rock rising to 200 meters (650 ft) above sea level overlooking a surrounding plain, overlooking the Gulf of Hammamet and Sousse Hergla east, Jebel Zaghouan north and south of Kairouan plain.


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The village is of Berber origin and its present name is most probably related to a tribe that migrated to Andalusia in the eighth century and given its name, Ta Kurunna, a mountainous region near Málaga.


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Following the expulsion of the Moors in 1609, a family of immigrants would be installed in the village and gave it its name. Still living six families of Berber origin, living on agriculture, weaving of alfa and Berber rugs. [link, map]

http://www.theworldgeography.com/2013/05/hilltop-towns-villages.html

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