Located in Bou Argoub (40 km from Tunis), in the middle of agricultural farms, this unusual Palace seems outstanding from nowhere.
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a false and persistant urban legend says that this italian Palazzo was built for the italian Dictaor Benito Mussolini but none of this is true.
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designed by the italian architect Ugo Chiarini, in 1935 for the Garsia, a rich italian landowner family.
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decorated with mosaics representing the zodiac signs, thus the name of this palace: Villa zodiac.
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unfortunatly, the building is abandoned and some local families are squating it.
couldn’t visit all parts of it.