A TRIP ROUTE

IT IS WORTH KNOWING

Carthage is an ancient city-state near today's Tunis. It was founded in the 9th century BC by the Phoenicians of Tire, and reached the peak of its power in the 3rd century BC In the same century, Carthage entered a series of wars with Rome called the Punic Wars, which ended with the destruction of the city in 146 BC After several decades, Carthage was reborn as Roman Cologne. After the Arab conquest of North Africa in the 7th century, the city began to decline in importance and eventually became deserted. One of the most famous Carthaginians in history was Hannibal Barkas, who lived at the turn of the 3rd and 2nd century BC. During the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian commander inflicted many defeats on the Roman army, including on Lake Trasimeńskie and at Cannae. He became famous for the fact that he crossed the Alps with his 60,000 army, which included war elephants. Hannibal successfully fought in Italy for 10 years, but failed to take Rome. The republic proceeded to a con-attack, and the Romans landed in Carthage, forcing Hannibal to withdraw from Italy. The Carthaginians were defeated at the Battle of Zama, and Hannibal had to flee. After several years in exile, he committed suicide by drinking poison so as not to fall into the hands of the Romans.

INTERESTING FACTS

The first documented trip of a Pole to Tunisia took place in the 16th century. Andrzej Trzecieski, a native of Krakow, a Polish-Latin poet and royal secretary, wrote the work "Diarius expeditionis Tunetanae". Piotr Zbylitowski, born in 1569, a poet and courtier, a man from the close circle of King Sigismund III Vasa, arrived in Tunis. In the 16th century, many of our countrymen sailed in the Mediterranean Sea off the shores of Tunisia, serving in the Maltese fleet, or fighting in the ranks of the Maltese cavalry against the Turks and Tunisian corsairs. One of the most famous is Prokop Odrowąż-Pieniążek, born in 1536, who for some time commanded the fleet of the Order of Malta. Count Jan Potocki, author of the famous "Saragossa Manuscript", visited the island of Djerba during his trip to North Africa in 1779. In the eighteenth century The scientific mission of Augustus II the Strong, the elector of Saxony and the king of Poland, arrived in Tunisia. Its task was to bring animals and plants, as well as minerals from North Africa for our monarch. In 1850, a ship carrying 180 Polish emigrants crashed near the town of Kalibija on the Tunisian coast. More Poles came to Tunisia, which had been under the French protectorate since 1881. Our fellow botanists, geographers, geologists, orientalists and linguists conducted scientific research here. carrying 180 Polish emigrants. More Poles came to Tunisia, which had been under the French protectorate since 1881. Our fellow botanists, geographers, geologists, orientalists and linguists conducted scientific research here. carrying 180 Polish emigrants. More Poles came to Tunisia, which had been under the French protectorate since 1881. Our fellow botanists, geographers, geologists, orientalists and linguists conducted scientific research here.