Metroji clue #40

Tunis in five emoji

Tunisia

A medina, a French colonial grid and the ruins of Carthage, all inside the same metropolitan area. The clue covers about three thousand years without saying so.

What each emoji refers to

Carthage is a suburb now. Rome destroyed it in 146 BC and then rebuilt it as a Roman city.
The city sits behind a shallow lake connected to the Gulf of Tunis by a canal.
The Zitouna mosque has been the centre of the medina since the eighth century and ran a university alongside it.
The blue and white of Sidi Bou Said, and the hand of Fatima on doors, are both meant to turn away the evil eye.
Jasmine is sold in small bunches on street corners, worn behind the ear rather than put in water.

Tunis at a glance

Country
Tunisia
Coordinates
36.81Β° N, 10.18Β° E
First played

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Tunis.

City Distance Direction
PalermoItaly 320 km
VallettaMalta 400 km
TaorminaItaly 470 km
TripoliLibya 520 km
NaplesItaly 570 km
Vatican CityVatican City 600 km

Today's city is a different one

Metroji picks a new city every day at midnight, wherever you are. Everyone gets the same one, so scores are comparable.

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