Dar Ben Achour

Dar Ben Achour courtyard.

Dar Ben Achour (Arabic: دار بن عاشور‎‎) is a palace in the medina of Tunis, built in the 17th century and located in the Pasha Street. Nowadays, it houses the library of the city of Tunis.

Dar Ben Achour: library of the city of Tunis.

It was occupied by Sheikh Aziz Bouattour, the Grand Vizier of Tunis from 1882 to 1907 and grandfather of Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Ashur. He bequeathed the house to the latter before it returned to Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour.

The house was acquired in 1970 by the municipality of Tunis. After a restoration, it is transformed in 1983 into a library whose mission is to collect and preserve historical documents related to the city of Tunis and Tunisians. In 1990, it also became the headquarters of the Tunisian Association of Monuments and Sites.

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

External links

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Palaces of Tunis

Dar Bach Hamba Dar Balma Dar Bayram Dar Ben Abdallah Dar Ben Achour Dar Ben Ayed Dar Ibn Abi Dhiaf Dar Bou Hachem Dar El Bey Dar Caïd Nessim Samama Dar Djaït Dar Djellouli Dar El Haddad Dar Hammouda Pacha Dar Hussein Dar Al Jaziri Dar Lasram Dar Othman Dar Zarrouk

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