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The exhibition “ Shared Sacred Sites “ is in Tunis !
The Bardo Museum , from 19 November 2016 to 12 February 2017 is home to a flagship exhibition dedicated to religious identity in the Mediterranean and presenting Tunisian masterpieces as well as rare international loans
Beyond religious wars and sterile debates , is there space for exchange , at the crossroads of Jewish , Muslim and
Christian religions ? A little more than a year after it was presented for the first time at the MuCEM in Marseilles , the exhibition “ Shared Sacred Sites “ crosses the Big Blue and offers a voyage of discovery into the Mediterranean basin , into sites and figures of sanctity shared by these three religions . Over 150 artworks , everyday objects , films and photographs from institutions or international private collections and from all the museums of Tunisia ( Nabeul , Sbeitla , Raqqada , Carthage , Djerba , Sfax and Tunis ) offer an exceptional journey , at the same time artistic , anthropological and historical . The idea of sharing and its polysemy ( namely the acts of sharing and dividing ) are at the heart of the exhibition which presents sacred sites characterised by their great tolerance , such as the monastery of St . George off the shores of Istanbul or the ancient El Ghriba synagog in Djerba ; but also sacred sites marked by division such as the Tomb of Rachel in Palestine . In total , more than twenty sites shared from Maghreb to Middle East compose the exhibition , which is the result of a partnership between the National Heritage Institute , the Bardo Museum and the MuCEM . I
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