Tabarka - Basilica

100m/110yds southwest of the Hotel de France in Tabarka is the so-called Basilica - actually the remains of a Roman cistern of the third or fourth century with a capacity of 2,700cu.m/594,000 gallons which probably supplied public fountains and baths. The structure was later converted by the Pères Blancs (White Fathers) into a three-aisled church six bays long. The building is used during the summer for small exhibitions, and the courtyard serves as an open-air theater.