a selection of some photos i took while exploring the Medina from the rooftops. Share This:
Read MoreLike many cities around the world, a general Lockdown has been imposed to Tunis due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Here’s a more cheerful serie of photos of the colorful Bougainvillea invading the empty streets of the old Medina of Tunis. check […]
Read MoreLike many cities around the world, a general Lockdown has been imposed to Tunis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s some photos i’ve taken, of the unusually empty streets of the old Medina of Tunis. check also the other related […]
Read MoreLocated in Rue du Tresor, just next to Dar El Hedri. According to the book “Palais and Demeures de Tunis” by Jacques Revault: it takes its name from the fact that the Sheikhs of the Chadlia brotherhood, a Soufi sect […]
Read MoreLocated in Rue du Tresor just next to Dar Bel Hassen According to the book “Palais et resides de Tunis” by Jaques Revault: It was built during the 17th century. “The founder of the Husseiniite dynasty, Hussein ben Ali Turki, […]
Read MoreTourbet Sidi Bou Khrissane is a mausoleum in the old Medina of Tunis located near Bab Menara. There lies some tombs of the Khourassanid (also called Banu Khourassan) Dynasty. They reigned over Tunis between 1059 and 1135. Currently closed, this […]
Read MoreLocated in Souk El Leffa just behind the Zitouna Mosque, The Medressa El Mouradia was built around 1673 by the Bey Mourad II on the ruins of a former janissaires barracks ( after they revolted and have been anhilated). More recently, […]
Read MoreBetween Souk El Blat and Souk El Kherba, in the medina of Tunis, you may encounter an unusual, intriguing, gloomy narrow alley that, at the first sight, may not seem very welcoming at all: Impasse Bou Hadra. if you are […]
Read MoreDeep inside the medina of Tunis, you may fin many small and modest hotel, usually called “oukela” here, cheap, with minimal services but hey for 10dt(±3€ ) per night plus 3dt (±1€) for the shower, you can ask too much […]
Read MoreLocated in “Rue de l’Ecole”, in the southern entrance of the Medina near Bab el Jazira / Bab Jdid, and not far from Rue Tourbet el Bey. Legend says that this building was originally the home of a Turkish […]
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