Gabès

Gabès lies on the Gulf of Gabès in southern Tunisia, where a coastal oasis meets the Mediterranean. Springs sustain date palms and gardens, with fruit trees and crops growing in their shade. In antiquity the town was known as Tacapae, a port connected by roads to the oases of the interior. In the medieval period Gabès linked Saharan routes with maritime commerce, making its oasis a meeting place of desert and sea.