Goletta

Goletta (Fr. La Goulette), the port of the city of Tunis, from which it is 11 miles N. by rail or canal. In the new quarter are the bey's palace, a large dock, and an arsenal defended by a battery. The population, usually about 3000, is trebled during the visit of the bey in the bathing season; the proportion of Europeans has greatly increased, and many of the houses are now built in the European style. The harbour, though by no means secure, was long the most frequented in Tunis; but after the establishment of a French protectorate some of the trade passed to Bona, in Algeria; and since the completion of the ship canal to Tunis (q.v.), and the deepening of the harbour there in 1893, La Goletta has greatly decayed.