Dar El Monastiri

Dar El Monastiri
Interactive map of the Dar El Monastiri area
General information
TypePalace
Architectural style
Moorish architecture
Tunisian architecture
LocationMedina of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Year built1814
ClientHussein II Bey
M'hamed El Monastiri

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

Localization

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

Entrance of Dar El Monastiri
Metallic plaque of El Monastiri Street
  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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