Hammam-Lif

The city was founded by Phoenicians at the foot of Jebel Boukornine. Its original name was Nar, meaning "fire" in Punic.

In 1883, the French captain Ernest De Prudhomme discovered in his Hammam-lif residence the ruins of an ancient synagogue that once stood in Hammam-Lif in the 3rd-5th century, when it was part of the province of Africa Byzacena.^[1] The is earliest known synagogue from North Africa.^[2]

Hammam-Lif was once the home of Italian, Greek and Jewish communities, especially before the end of the French colonial period.

Hammam-Lif's most interesting site is probably Dar El Bey, which was the residence of Ali II Bey, the 4th bey of Tunis.

The local football team Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif won the Tunisian championship in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 and the Tunisian Cup in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1985 and 2001.

• Ahmed Achour (1945–2021), conductor and composer
• Wajiha Jendoubi (1960–), actress and comedian
• Aly Ben Ayed (1930–1972), actor and director
• Férid Boughedir (1944–), film director and screenwriter
• Abdelmajid Lakhal (1939–2014), film actor and theater director
• Témime Lahzami (1949–), football player
• Selma Baccar (1945–), filmmaker and producer
• Noureddine Kasbaoui (1931–1996), actor and director
• Mouna Noureddine (1937–), actress
• Walid Mattar (1980–), film director

• Boukornine National Park