Holiday rentals in Nebeul

It was quite late, in the 16th century, that Nabeul be­came famous for the art of terracotta. It seems that Ber­ber potters from Guellala attracted by the high quality of the clay in Cape Bon, as well as by the wealth of the land and the sea, located their workshops there.

The present day potters derive their name from their Jer-bian origins: Jraiba is the name of the ancient Guelta neighbourhood. In the 17th century, some Andalusia ref­ugees settled there, benefiting the terracotta industry with the introduction of methods experimented in their native land. Nabeul's traditional pottery is similar in many ways to ancient Aglabite pottery. At least, the same brown or green colours on a yellow backgrounds are used. The rus­tic and linear motifs are drawn in brown and marked by green areas. Some objects, without decoration, are em­bellished by a lively dark brown, green or yellow paint. Often one colour was used on the inside and another on the outside of an object, or one on the top and another on the bottom of the amphora. Nabeul is also known for its polychrome tiles whose similarity to Moroccan pottery from Fez does not sur­prise us. This similarity is due to the Andalusia roots of many of the potters of both Nabeul and Fez, and the Tu­nisian's enthusiasm for the pottery that rendered Fez fa­mous.

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