Sidi Khelifa (Tunisia)

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Mediterranean coastal plain,[1] about 100 kilometers south of Tunis
.

It is part of the delegation of Bouficha attached to the

Governorate of Sousse and has a population of 2,536 inhabitants, located around the mausoleum of the patron saint
Sidi Khelifa Solâani, who settled there in the late 18th century.

History

It is about a kilometer from an ancient

thermal baths
etc.

At the top of the wooded hill that overlooks the site are the walls of a temple dedicated to Venus and transformed into a

Bishopric, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see
.

References

  1. ^ "Le site de Sidi Khélifa (Pheradi Majus)".
  2. ^ About: Rusucmona?/Castra Delia, Ghar El Melh (Porto Farina)\.
  3. ^ Jean-Claude Lachaux: Théâtres et amphithéâtres d'Afrique Proconsulaire. Édisud, La Calade, Aix-en-Provence 1970.
Sidi Khelifa in distance