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'''Hergla''' ({{langx|ar|هرقلة}}) is a small cliff-top town in north-eastern [[Tunisia]] at the [[Gulf of Hammamet]]. White houses of Hergla with often blue window and door surroundings are built in the classic style characteristic for Tunisia. Sousse is about 24&nbsp;km south-east of Hergla. There is a lagoon between Hergla and its neighbour town Chott Meryem in the south-east called Halk el menzel (sickle lake).
== History ==
Both Roman and Byzantine ruins are found along the shore. Under [[Roman Tunisia|Roman rule]], Hergla was known as '''Horrea Caelia'''.<ref>[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography]], s.v. "Hergla".</ref><ref>{{citation |editor-last=Leroux |editor-first=Ernest |title=Bulletin de Géographie Historique et Descriptive |language=French |volume=IV |publisher= |location=Paris |date=1890 |page=58 }}.</ref> It is unclear whether the name derived from [[Punic language|Punic]], the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[demigod]] [[Hercules]], or [[Latin language|Latin]] words for storehouses ({{lang|la|[[:wikt:horreum#Latin|horrea]]}}) or frontier.{{fact|date=March 2024}}{{what?|date=March 2024}}<!--provide supposed Latin word here--> The first theory is supported by attestation of the presence of a [[gens (Roman)|Roman family]] known as the [[Caelia gens|Caelii]].{{fact|date=March 2024}} In the 3rd century, Horrea Caelia was a border town between the districts of [[Byzacena]] (capital Hadrumete, present-day [[Sousse]]) and [[Zeugitana]] (capital [[Roman Carthage|Carthage]]). In the 6th century, the [[Byzantine Empire]] established a fortress. During the [[Arab conquest of Tunisia|Arab conquest]] in the 7th century, the residents of the city were massacred.{{fact|date=March 2024}}
== Buildings ==
In the centre of the old village close to the seaside is the 18th-century Sidi Bou Mendil Mosque, which dominates the town. Nearby there is the cemetery of Hergla with historic tombs and the mausoleum of Sidi Bou Mendil.  Sidi Bou Mendil, stemming originally from Morocco, is said, according to local legends, having returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca on a flying handkerchief. Hergla has two other historic mosques.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
==Cinema==
Since 2005, the African Mediterranean Cultural Association has been organizing the Hergla Film Meetings each summer. Evenings of film screenings and music concerts are given in an oil mill and training workshops, debates and exhibitions are held at the House of Culture of Hergla. Internationally renowned artists participated, such as Sotigui Kouyate, Mohammed Bakri, Nouri Bouzid, Wasis Diop and Afel Bocoum.
== Economy ==
Unlike  close touristic centres [[Hammamet, Tunisia|Hammamet]] and [[Port El Kantaoui]] Hergla has not much tourism. There is a little fishermen's harbour. Important products are baskets from [[esparto]]. Hotels still do not exist. Plans to build a large touristic center are stalled. Many people are employed in the touristic centers between Port el Kantaoui and Sousse. Furthermore, there is a dorade farm.
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Image:Hergla Sidi Bou Mendil.jpg|The mosque '''Sidi Bou Mendil''' in Hergla
Image:Hergla2.jpg|Villagepeople
Image:Hergla3.jpg|Cemetery of Hergla
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== References ==
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*[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography]]
{{Communes of Tunisia}}
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[[Category:Populated coastal places in Tunisia]]
[[Category:Communes of Tunisia]]
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