NEAPOLIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

Discovered in 1965 during excavation work, the ancient site of Neapolis is a unique complex. Rescue excavations have uncovered a real industrial plant from the Roman period for the production of garum and salted fish. We are in the presence of the remains of a large-scale production of this famous condiment, so appreciated by the Romans, a large part of which was destined for export to other Mediterranean countries, where the Romans spread its use. These are large basins where the entrails of the fish and the fry were put to macerate to produce a sauce close to the Vietnamese nuoc-mâm. The remains of rows of fish, salted, can be found there, in order to preserve them for a long time.

Near these excavations, a second site revealed the existence of a vast district of houses composed of some luxurious residences, paved for the most part with mosaics. Some have been preserved here; others have landed in the city's archaeological museum.

A program of development of the site has recently been undertaken by the National Heritage Institute and the Agency for Heritage Development and Cultural Promotion: it consists of restoring the layout of the walls, the coverage of the porticos of the galleries of the salt pans, the repair of the paving of the decumanus as well as the opening of a new room in the museum of Nabeul dedicated to the site.