The road from festive Sousse to spiritual Kerouan is not very long, so we made a detour to El-Djem via the P1 motorway to see its famous Roman amphitheater.

We parked Wilson's mobile home in what seemed to us to be the town centre and continued our walk, when at the end of the street we had taken, the exterior facade of the amphitheater appeared to us like a tall, spectacular stone cliff in the village..

This surprise was well worth a barbecue grilled right on the street, where we took the time to admire the splendor of the monument and its 3 classical registers. Sated, we entered the building (12 dinars with the museum entrance fee) (The introductory photo: 36 m high).

Modern concrete stands were poured at the site where the amphitheater was demolished by the Bey of Tunis around 1750 BC, thus restoring the monument to its original complete form. A very good idea, because from there, one has a beautiful view of the whole. The constructive complexity of the building with its arches and vaults superimposed on 4 floors and the ingenuity of the Roman engineer-architects (238 BC) is obvious. In this respect, and given its gigantic size and its good state of preservation, this monument is exceptional.

The amphitheater could not be seen without passing by the archaeological museum on the ancient city of Thysdrus, a city making its profit from olive oil. It is easily reached on foot in a few minutes. It is the second most beautiful mosaic museum that we have seen in Tunisia, including the representation of some beast that we would not have liked to meet on the street corner, nor in the arena!

Isn't it? Chomp !