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The Vintage blacksmiths of Bab Jdid

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 1 February 2017
Category: medina, people, smallshops, StreetswithPersonality, urbex

If you need to sharpen your sword or repair your armour.. ok not in these actual days but not that long ago just behind Bab jedid, one of the few still standing medieval gate of the old medina of Tunis, […]

Abandoned Asylum in Tunis

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 8 January 2017
Category: abandoned, medina, ruins, special places, urbex

This place used to be an Asylum in downtown Tunis then was abandoned for obviously long years. Walking in the corridors feels like being in some horror movie Silent Hill style. Share This:

Tunis from the rooftops of the Medina

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 18 December 2016
Category: architecture, medina, Rooftops, urbex

From the rooftops of the Medina, you can have an interesting view of both the medieval and the modern Tunis. Share This:

Celebrations of the Mawlid

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 12 December 2016
Category: celebrations, medina, people, streetphotography, zewya

To celebrate the Mawled ( Birth of the Prophet) some zewya organize a Kharja, mystical singing, lot of encens and celebrations in the streets of the medina. Many Tunisians join to celebrate this holy event. Share This:

Tourbet Ali Bacha

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 12 December 2016
Category: architecture, medina, special places, urbex

Built originally as the Mausoleum of Ali Bacha , a former bloody ottoman governor of Tunis. His remains have been transferred to Tourbet el Bey and the building is used as a HQ for the association of the old students of […]

Ruins of the Medina

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 8 December 2016
Category: abandoned, medina, ruins, urbex

Small shops of the medina

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 8 December 2016
Category: medina, smallshops, streetphotography

Some smalls shops of the medina of Tunis are timecapsules from another time and another era. The owers have often inherited the shop and the activity from their ancestors who did it for generations. Share This:

Faces of The Medina – Part 1 –

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 8 December 2016
Category: medina, people

People i encounter so often while roaming in the medina that sometimes they’re become no more strangers anymore. Share This:

Zawiya Sidi Belhassen Chedly

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 8 December 2016
Category: medina, special places, zewya

Sidi Belhassen Chedly is one of the most known and iconic soufi Saints of Tunis. His Zewya was at first his monastery where is meditates in one of the highest hill of Tunis. After his death the Zewya became his […]

The Abandoned church in the Medina

Post By: Dismalden
Date: 7 December 2016
Category: abandoned, medina, special places

Couldn’t find much informations about the history of this small, discrete arabesque style, church deep in the old medina of Tunis. Like many other churches here, it has been transformed into a cultural space with a theatre scene. Even with this […]

Lost in Tunis

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The Vintage blacksmiths of Bab Jdid

Abandoned Asylum in Tunis

Tunis from the rooftops of the Medina

Celebrations of the Mawlid

Tourbet Ali Bacha

Ruins of the Medina

Small shops of the medina

Faces of The Medina – Part 1 –

Zawiya Sidi Belhassen Chedly

The Abandoned church in the Medina

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