Qualla: Sbeitla https://qualla.com/sbeitla en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/q/2/sbeitla-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Sbeitla https://qualla.com/sbeitla Sbeitla: Introduction https://qualla.com/sbeitla/ Photo credit Edition Grand Hôtel PÏON., Public domain. Three temple facades stand side by side, their honey-colored stone glowing against the Tunisian sky. They are the Capitol temples of ancient Sufetula, and they are the finest surviving forum temples in all of Tunisia. The small town of Sbeitla, which grew up beside these ruins, lives a double life: modern agricultural center and custodian of a Roman city where the trajectory of an entire continent changed in 647 AD.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/q/2/sbeitla-wp/snq2-sbeitla-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Sbeitla: Where Empires Collided https://qualla.com/sbeitla/ Photo credit Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0. Sufetula was never the largest Roman city in North Africa, but its forum complex achieved a rare completeness that larger, more contested cities could not preserve. The three capitoline temples -- dedicated to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva -- stand as separate structures rather than...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/q/2/sbeitla-wp/snq2-sbeitla-where-empires-collided.mp3 0:06 2 full Sbeitla: Between the Olive Groves and the Oil Fields https://qualla.com/sbeitla/ Photo credit Leo Wehrli, CC BY-SA 4.0. Modern Sbeitla is the capital of the largest delegation in Kasserine Governorate, covering over 1,133 square kilometers with a population of roughly 24,000. The town sits 264 kilometers from Tunis and 33 kilometers west of the governorate capital. Its economy balances the ancient...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/q/2/sbeitla-wp/snq2-sbeitla-between-the-olive-groves-and-the-oil-fields.mp3 0:06 3 full Sbeitla: Wool, Festivals, and Football https://qualla.com/sbeitla/ Photo credit Habib M'henni, CC BY-SA 3.0. The craft tradition here centers on wool processing, particularly the Tunisian burnous -- the hooded cloak that has been worn across North Africa for centuries. Sbeitla's international festival, founded in 2000 and achieving international status in 2013, draws visitors to perform...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/q/2/sbeitla-wp/snq2-sbeitla-wool-festivals-and-football.mp3 0:06 4 full Sbeitla: A Crossroads Preserved https://qualla.com/sbeitla/ Photo credit Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0. Sbeitla's relative remoteness -- the quality that kept it from becoming a major modern city -- is precisely what preserved its ancient inheritance. Unlike Carthage, which was pillaged and rebuilt so many times that its original fabric was consumed, Sufetula's temples and forum su...

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