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Hammam-Lif

Coordinates: 36°44′N 10°20′E / 36.733°N 10.333°E / 36.733; 10.333
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Hammam-Lif
حمام الأنف
Hammam-Lif is located in Tunisia
Hammam-Lif
Hammam-Lif
Location in Tunisia
Coordinates: 36°44′N 10°20′E / 36.733°N 10.333°E / 36.733; 10.333
Country Tunisia
GovernorateBen Arous Governorate
Government
 • MayorMohamed Ayari (Nidaa Tounes)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total44,207
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)

Hammam-Lif (Arabic: حمام الأنف) is a coastal town about 20 km south-east of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been known since antiquity for its thermal springs originating in Mount Bou Kornine.

History

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Naro, which means fire, was Hammam-Lif's Punic name.

In 1883, the French captain Ernest De Prudhomme discovered in his Hammam-lif residence the ruins of an ancient synagogue that once stood in Hammam-Lif in the 3rd-5th century, when it was part of the province of Africa Byzacena.[1] The is earliest known synagogue from North Africa.[2]

Hammam-Lif was once the home of Italian, Greek and Jewish communities, especially before the end of the French colonial period.

Hammam-Lif's most interesting site is probably Dar El Bey, which was the residence of Ali II Bey, the 4th bey of Tunis.

Sport

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The local football team Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif won the Tunisian championship in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 and the Tunisian Cup in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1985 and 2001.

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stern, K. B. (1 January 2007). "Chapter Five. Questioning "Jewishnesss" In The North African Synagogue: Hammam Lif As A Case Study". Inscribing Devotion and Death. Brill. pp. 193–253. ISBN 978-90-474-2384-3.
  2. ^ Kerkeslager, Allen; Setzer, Claudia; Trebilco, Paul; Goodblatt, David (2006), Katz, Steven T. (ed.), "The Diaspora from 66 to c. 235 ce", The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 4: The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period, The Cambridge History of Judaism, vol. 4, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 68, doi:10.1017/chol9780521772488.004, ISBN 978-0-521-77248-8, retrieved 2024-08-07
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36°44′N 10°20′E / 36.733°N 10.333°E / 36.733; 10.333