Avenue Habib Bourguiba

The Avenue Habib Bourguiba (Arabic: شارع الحبيب بورقيبة, DMG Sari ʿ al -Habib Bū - Ruqaiba ) is one of the main streets of the Tunisian capital Tunis. It is named after the first president of Tunisia and one of the main thoroughfares of the city. In many other Tunisian cities have central main streets that are named after Bourguiba.

The road crosses first the eastern part of the New Town, which was built during the colonization by France and situated between the old town and the lake of Tunis. Here the road is divided by a promenade with two parallel rows of trees. Among the trees are small shops, bars, newspaper and florists to find. On the outer sides of the avenue are colonial buildings like the theater in the Art Nouveau style, which give an idea of ​​the splendor of times past, and modern commercial buildings that document the progress in the city. Expensive shops and boutiques and cafes can also be found here. The Avenue Habib Bourguiba leads to the walled old Moorish quarter, the Medina, which is listed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

During the Tunisian revolution 2011, the Avenue Habib Bourguiba, one of the main venues of demonstrations and clashes during the upheaval. Located in the street symbolic institutions, especially the Tunisian Interior Ministry, target of protests, in which numerous people lost their lives were over again. The events were reflected in the months after the revolution in the street scene contrary to, inter alia, by the strong presence of security forces and the barrier several areas with barbed wire, but also by the distribution of political graffiti. In addition, a central place on the Avenue Habib Bourguiba was named near the Interior Ministry after January 14, the day of the escape of former President Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali.