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(ANSAmed) - TUNIS, SEPTEMBER 3 - The El Haouaria caves, on the Cap Bon peninsula, have been classed as a cultural site. Dating back to the seventh century BC, the caves provided the sandstone used for the construction of monuments in Carthage, which was Punic at first, and later Roman.

The cultural site, which is the result of a joint initiative from the Tunisian Ministries of Culture and of Heritage Protection, has been the subject of a series of restoration and development works, which also include the surrounding archaeological area. (ANSAmed).