Bab Charki
Bab Charki or the Eastern Gate in Arabic (
Tunisian Railways
locals through the Army Boulevard.
From the inside, it gives access, by a staircase, to Driba Street[1] which represents the east–west median axis of the medina.
The door has the shape of a semicircular arch and represents the eastern end of the median east–west axis that divides the medina longitudinally.
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This gate, opened in March 1965,[1] is the last opening that was done in order to decongest the medina and promote the exchange with the external areas.[2]
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