Hammam-Lif ( ar, حمام الأنف, pronounced hammam linf) is a coastal town about 20 km south-east of
Tunis
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, the capital of
Tunisia
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. It has been known since antiquity for its thermal springs originating in Mount
Bou Kornine.
History
Naro, which means fire, was Hammam-Lif's
Punic
The Punic people, or western Phoenicians, were a Semitic people in the Western Mediterranean who migrated from Tyre, Phoenicia to North Africa during the Early Iron Age. In modern scholarship, the term ''Punic'' – the Latin equivalent of t ...
name. In 1883, the French captain Ernest De Prudhomme discovered in his Hammam-lif residence the first archeological ruins of an ancient
synagogue that once stood in Hammam-Lif in 3rd-5th century AD.
Hammam-Lif was once the home of
Italian
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,
Greek
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and
Jewish
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communities, especially before the end of the French colonial period.
Hammam-Lif's most interesting site is probably Dar El
Bey
Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...
, which was the residence of
Ali II Bey, the 4th bey of
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
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.
Sport
The local football team
Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif
Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif ( ar, النادي الرياضي لحمام الأنف) or CSHL is a football club from Hammam-Lif in Tunisia. Founded in 1944, the team plays in green and white colours. Their ground is Stade Bou Kornine, which has 1 ...
won the Tunisian championship in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 and won the Tunisian Cup in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1985, 2001
Notable people
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Ahmed Achour (1945-2021), conductor and composer
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Wajiha Jendoubi (1960-), actress and comedian
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Aly Ben Ayed (1930-1972), actor and director
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Férid Boughedir
Férid Boughedir (born 1944) is a Tunisian film director and screenwriter.
Career
Boughedir has directed five films since 1983. His film '' Caméra d'Afrique'' was screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In 1996, his film ''Un été à La Gou ...
(1944-), film director and screenwriter
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Abdelmajid Lakhal
Abdelmajid Lakhal (November 29, 1939 – September 27, 2014) was a Tunisian theatre and film actor and theatre director. He was considered to be a professional and versatile interpreter. Recently, he performed classical pieces (Carlo Goldoni ...
(1939-2014), film actor and theater director
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Témime Lahzami (1949-), football player
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Selma Baccar (1945-), filmmaker and producer
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Noureddine Kasbaoui (1931-1996), actor and director
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Mouna Noureddine
Mouna Noureddine ( ar, منى نور الدين, born Saadia Oueslati, 23 January 1937), is a Tunisian actress.
The pseudonym of Mouna Noureddine was suggested by Mohamed Hedi Remnissi, an artist working in the theater of Bizerte.
Biography
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(1937-), actress
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Walid Mattar (1980-), film director
References
External links
Information and pictures*
CSHL: Hammam-Lif's soccer team
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