Sainte-Croix Church of Tunis
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| Type | Church |
| Location | Tunis |
| Area | Medina of Tunis |
| Built | 19th century |
The Sainte-Croix Church of Tunis is located in the medina of Tunis in Tunisia. It is a Roman Catholic church that was built in 1837 before the establishment of the French protectorate. Given to the Tunisian government in 1964, it now houses offices of the municipality.
This church is the first chapel since the disappearance of Christian communities in the eleventh century. The appearance of this church was due to the settle of a large convicts of Christian slaves who were captured before.[1]
Building the church
The increase in the Christian population makes it necessarily to build a bigger place of worship rather than the small chapels that were built for Christian slaves before.
