Address: 11, Rue Sidi Brahim Riahi, between Dar Lasram and the Hafsia square Photos: Issam Barhoumi, Brahim Guedich, Annie Noelle, Noomen9 / wikimedia.com The building was achieved in 1850, its style meshes Andalusian, Mahgrebian, and Turkish elements. In 1878 the decoration of the dome was enhanced by master sculptors from Morocco. Sidi Brahim Riahi (1766-1850) […]
Kheireddine Palace
Photos:Wikipédia.org HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Khaireddine Palace, or as it is called nowadays, The Museum of Tunis-or The City Museum-, is a historical monument in the middle of the medina. After the departure of Khaireddine Pacha to Costantipole following the beginning of the French Mandate in Tunisia, the palace served as Tunisia’s high court( Tribunal-fr), hence the […]
Dar El Monastiri
9, rue El Monastiri, Medina of Tunis Photos: cnc.inp.tn / Wikipedia Dar el Monastiri, built in the 19th century under the reign of Mahmoud Bey ( 1814 – 1824 ) by his son Prince Hussein, and then gifted to M’hamed El Monastiri, a prominent trader in chechias (traditional felt caps) is a historical dwelling in […]
Dar el Jaziri
Address: 29 Tribunal Street Dar El Jaziri was one of the residences of the Jaziri family, a wealthy family of landowners, between the 12th and 18th centuries, located on Tribunal Street. It is known for having hosted the second congress of the Neo-Destour party in 1937. Secret meetings were held in the grand yards of […]
Sainte-Croix Église de Tunis
Rue Jemaa Zitouna, between Bab Bhar and Jemaa Zitouna LINKS khadija Djelouilli: Presbytere Sainte Croix peau neuve. On: ideomagazine.com. 4 October 2017 La Municipalité de Tunis et l’Ambassade d’Italie à Tunis: Sainte-Croix – Un patrimoine Méditerranéen au cœur de la Médina de Tunis Zaher Kammoun: Le Presbytere de Tunis lematin.ma: La medina de Tunis aux […]
Club Tahar Haddad
Address: 20 rue du Tribunal, between Palais Kheireddine and Dar Lasram Coordinates: Photos: INTERFERENCE Archive, Facebook, Raouf Gara. What is today “Club Tahar Haddad”, was the former “Makhzen”, the stable and the storage, of Dar Lasram. The prestigious residency of the Lasram family was built from 1812 to 1819. Its founder, Hammouda Lasram, had bought […]
Syrine Siala
Syrine Siala is an architect and curator based in Tunis. Focus of her present activities is the interplay of contemporary art, socio-cultural interventions and socio-economic impacts. Cultural management is as well part of her personal and future interest. Syrine is part of the core team of INTERFERENCE, International Light Art Project, in tunis and SEE […]
Salma Kossemtini
Salma Kossemtini is a young curator, interior designer and future art theorist. Her interest focuses on contemporary art, design and their socio-cultural impact. The young curator developed her interest by starting as the curators’ assistant of INTERFERENCE, the project of art of light in the medina of Tunis from these beginnings. Since then, she has […]
Lorenz Potthast
Marché Sidi Sridek
Adresse: Rue Sidi Bouhdid Coordinate: 36.80127, 10.17094 Marché Sidi Sridek (سوق سيدي سريدك) is one of the most known souks in the Medina of Tunis. It is situated in El Hafsia District in the north-east of the Al-Zaytuna Mosque, and it was built by Ahmed Bey, in 1940, during the French occupation. It is also […]
