Dar El Monastiri

Dar El Monastiri (Arabic: دار المنستيري) is a palace in the Medina of Tunis.

Entrance of Dar El Monastiri

Localization
Metallic plaque of El Monastiri Street

It is located in 9 El Monastiri Street near Sidi Mahrez mausoleum.

History

The palace was built in the 19th century during the reign of Mahmud Bey, by his son Al-Husayn II who later gave it to M'hamed El Monastiri, a noble and a trader of Chachia (chaouachi).[1] During the French occupation, it was an arts institute.

In 1930, it became the office of craft training and then a regional center of Tunisian arts in 1940.[2]

In 2007, it became the main office of the tunisian center of translation.[3]

References
  1. Jacques Revault, Palais et demeures de Tunis (XVIIIe et XIXe siècles), vol. II, Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1971, 648 p. (lire en ligne [archive]), p. 371-386
  2. Jacques Revault, Palais et demeures de Tunis (XVIIIe et XIXe siècles), vol. II, Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1971, 648 p. (lire en ligne [archive]), p. 371-386
  3. Jamila Binous (photogr. Salah Jabeur), Maisons de la médina de Tunis, Tunis, Dar Ashraf, 2002, 239 p. (ISBN 9973-755-13-8), p. 73
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