the site of Chess interzonal in 1967 which was made famous when American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer walked out of the tournament even though he was in first place at the time.
These days, Sousse, with a population of more than 540,000, retains a medieval heart of narrow, twisted streets, a kasbah and medina, its ribat fortress and long wall on the Mediterranean. Surrounding it is a modern city of long, straight roads and more widely spaced buildings.
Historical names
Though history Sousse has come under the rule of 5 major cultures. Each of those cultures gave a new or modified name to the town. Each of those names may appear in various forms. From oldest to newest some of these names and forms of spelling/transliteration are:
� Hadrumetum OR Hadrumete (Punic)
� Colonia Concordia Ulpia Trajana Augusta Frugifera Hadrumetina OR Hadrumetum OR Hadrumentum (Roman)
� Hunericopolis OR Hunerikopolis (Vandal)
� Justiniana OR Justinianopolis OR Iustinianopolis (Byzantine)
� Susa (Berber), S?sa? (Arabic), Sousa OR Sousse (French)
As the following reference shows, the above list represents only a fraction of the spellings and transliterations of the names for Sousse which were known in 1903 (PDF page 366)
