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Tabarka ( ) is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, close to the border with Algeria. Tabarka was occupied at various times by Punic people, Greeks, Roman people, Arabs, Genoa and Ottoman Turks. The town is dominated by an offshore rock on which there remains a Genoese castle. Nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba, later president of post-independence Tunisia, was exiled on Tabarka by the French colonial authorities in 1952.Derek Hopwood & Sue Mi Terry, Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia:The Tragedy of Longevity, Springer 2016 p.72 Tourist attractions include coral fishing, the Coralis Festival of underwater photography,Elżbieta Lisowscy, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Tunisia, Dorling Kindersley 2011 p.41 and its annual jazz festival.Donna Wheeler, Paul Clammer & Emilie Filou, Tunisia: Lonely Planet, 2010 p.284
In 1738 due to the exhaustion of the coral reefs and the deterioration of relations with the Arab population a large group of "Tabarkini" moved to San Pietro Island off Sardinia, then uninhabited, where they founded a new town of Carloforte. The transfer was made possible thanks to the King of Sardinia, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia who wanted to colonize those of his lands which were not yet inhabited. The name of Carloforte was chosen in honor of the sovereign. Another group of Tabarkini was resettled in the town of Calasetta on the adjacent Island of Sant'Antioco, whose population still speaks a variant of Genoese dialect originating from Tabarka. Others were moved to the Spanish island of Tabarca. In 1741 or 1742, the Genoese fortress surrendered to the (nominally Ottoman but essentially autonomous) Bey of Tunis. At Tabarka, the ruins consists of a pit once used as a church and some fragments of walls which belonged to Christian buildings. There were also two Ottoman Turkish fortresses, one of which has been repaired. A French expedition was dispatched to capture Tabarka but failed.
Under French colonial rule it was annexed to the civil district of Souk el-Arba, now in the Tunisian governorate of Jendouba, and a rather important fishing centre. Tabarka Jazz Festival was established in 1973.
Bishops
The of Thabraca, who met with the other bishops of Proconsular Africa, included:
Titular bishops
Ecclesiastical history
Thabraca became a Christians bishopric that is no longer a residential see but is included in the Catholic Church's list of . Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 979
was also the cathedra of an ancient Bishopric and in antiquity it had a monastery for men and one for women, Thabraca at Catholic Encyclopedia.org and several and Christianity cemeteries have been uncovered. Thabraca at New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia. The city contains several Christian cemeteries, many of the tombs covered with curious mosaics. An inscription (C.I.L., VIII, 173-82) mentions the cult of the martyr Anastasia and her companions.
The Bishopric was founded during the Roman Empire and survived through the Arianism Vandal and Orthodox Byzantine empires, only ceasing to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. The diocese was re-founded in name at least in the 20th century as a titular see of the Roman Catholic church. Titular Episcopal See of Thabraca at GCatholic.org. Thabraca at catholic-hierarchy.org.
Weather
Climate
The weather in Tabarka is usually variable from year to year. Summers are mostly hot and dry, but milder than the Saharan hinterland. It barely rains in July and August. The average temperatures for this season is . Winters are mostly rainy and mild. The average temperature for this season is .
+Tabarka mean sea temperature Weather2Travel - Tabarka. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
Transport
The airport in Tabarka was named Airport 7 Novembre until the Tunisian revolution; it was then renamed Tabarka-Ain Draham International Airport.
See also
Featured in film, The Golden Salamander, with Trevor Howard, Herbert Lom and Anouk Aimee.{Paul Thomson}
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