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GOLETTA [LA GOULETTE]

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GOLETTA [LA GOULETTE] , a See also:town on the Gulf of See also:Tunis in 36° 5o' N. Io° 19' E., a little See also:south of the ruins of See also:Carthage, and on the See also:north See also:side of the See also:ship See also:canal which traverses the shallow See also:Lake of Tunis and leads to the See also:city of that name. Built on the narrow See also:strip of See also:sand which separates the lake from the gulf, Goletta is defended by a fort and See also:battery. The town contains a summer See also:palace of the See also:bey, the old seraglio, See also:arsenal and See also:custom-See also:house, and many villas, gardens and See also:pleasure resorts, Goletta being a favourite See also:place for See also:sea-bathing. A See also:short canal, from which the name of the town is derived (Arab. Halk-el-See also:Wad, " See also:throat of the canal "), 40 ft. broad and 82 ft. deep, divides the town and affords communication between the ship canal and a See also:dock or See also:basin, 1082 ft. See also:long and 541 ft. broad. An electric See also:tramway which runs along the north See also:bank of the ship canal connects Goletta with the city of Tunis (q.v.). Pop. (1907) about 5000, mostly See also:Jews and See also:Italian fishermen. Beyond Cape Carthage, 5 M. N. of Goletta, is La Marsa, a summer resort overlooking the sea. The bey has a palace here, and the See also:French See also:resident-See also:general, the See also:British See also:consul, other officials, and many Tunisians have See also:country-houses, surrounded by groves of See also:olive trees.

Before the opening of the ship canal in 1893 Goletta, as the See also:

port of Tunis, was a place of considerable importance. The basin at the Goletta end of the canal now serves as a subsidiary See also:harbour to that of Tunis. The most stirring events in the See also:history of the town are connected with the See also:Turkish See also:conquest of the See also:Barbary states. Khair-ed-Din See also:Barbarossa having made himself See also:master of Tunis and its port, Goletta was attacked in 1535 by the See also:emperor See also:Charles V., who seized the pirate's See also:fleet, which was sheltered in the small canal, his arsenal, and 300 See also:brass See also:cannon. The See also:Turks regained See also:possession in 1574.

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