VR Mahres

it is an ancient city that dates back to prehistoric civilizations, until the arrival of the Arab-Muslim civilization, it has an exceptional strategic location, on the shores of the Mediterranean on the east coast of the south of the city of Sfax. Inhabited by the Hithics in the eighth millennium BC. They formed a model of social and stable life. The Phoenicians used it as a transit passage for trade caravans, it was a small settlement for coastal ports, during the prehistoric period (2nd and 3rd millennia). It was called ancient Mahares since Roman, Windale and Byzantine times. Then it became during the following periods a populated city, and an important center of the Christian movement, from the years 411 - 484 - 511 J.C.