CAPO Bon, peninsula of the citruses, oranges, of the jasmines, its capital is Nabeul. Nabeul is a Mediterranean city, in its space, its time and its culture millenarian, the municipality of Nabeul is between first with a mayor in colonial Tunisia The municipal perimeter of Nabeul extends on a surface of 2860 hectares, with one population of 56.000 inhabitants. If you stay in Nabuel will be indispensable to visit the ancient Neapolis, in 1965 during of the archaeological diggings important house was discovered , beautiful decoration of the ground, realized in mosaic, probably was realized towards the half of XIV century DC, it involves of ornaments geometric and of the figurative scenes: Petaso and the source, Poseidone and the ambasciatore of Christ, and the face of the Ocean in the massive one of the peristyle. The origins Founded in XX the century AC, Neapolis (from the Greek new city) also it is allied by marriage to the fenicio name of Quart Hadescht: City belongs also to Naples (Italy). Tacido, Greek historian of great importance, has cited it for before the time during the description of the Wars of the Peloponneso. It served from port of call for the Greeks and the Cirenei who industrialized themselves in Sicily, for the something I become an important centre trades them. A port where to be able to receive the ships from war it leaves to think that the foundation of Neapolis happened very before XX century AC. Taken Roman age from Agapulco in the course of the War against Cartagine was dealt humanly. At the beginning of the Third Punica War, that it began in the 146 AC, with taken and the destruction of Cartagine, Neapolis was reduced in one fiscal city. In XII century DC it had the charter of known colony and with the name of Julia Neapolis. The prosperity of the city is attested for the existence of a school of shipowners (marine) that it characterized the city with a harbour and marine aspect until XX the century. After Plinio, Neapolis has had the state of free city, numerous witnesses defined it Julian Colony , sign of distinction granted from Cesar and Augusto which tried to acquire Africa and assigned to it an important and strategic role of defence. With the Roman Peace, Neapolis becomes economic an infrastructure center rich and inclined to exchanges it trades them with other countries rather than with Rome, also thanks to its marine station. The various e
pigrafiche sources, the mosaics, testify the importance of Neapolis on the economic and political strategic plan.
