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Winston Churchill once gave a speech to the British Army here too
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| Having failed to get a taxi we decided to walk all the way to the Punic ports... it definitely was quite a scenic walk
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| The street sign here was made up of mosaics
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| As we walked along the Rue Septime Severe, we saw some buildings had mosaic paintings on the wall
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On the way we passed by this Magon quarter. Here, excavations have uncovered a small area of Roman workshops.
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| We continued our journey. This area was completely covered by large trees, we felt we were inside a tunnel of trees
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| We finally arrived the punic ports. If you see from above you will see it is a strip of circular land in the middle of a circular bay, where a naval base was constructed to shield its ships
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| You sure need some imagination to visualize the pride of the Punic fleet in this pond which could once accomodate 220 vessels
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If you walk around to the other side you could see the Byrsa Hill and the Cathedral of St. Louis
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| | An artist view of the Punic Port and Byrsa Hill
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| We left Carthage by the Carthage Byrsa TGM station. Next to it was a local high school called 'Lycee Carthage Byrsa' (judging by the students I believe it is a private school)
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