Dar Caïd Nessim Samama

Entrance of the palace

Dar Caïd Nessim Samama is one of the palaces of the medina of Tunis.

Localization

View of the El Mechnaka street with the palace on the right

It is located on the El Mechnaka Street near El Kallaline, Bab Cartagena and Hafsia.

The qaid of Jews and treasurer of the bey of Tunis, Nessim Samama, built this palace in 1860.^[1]

In 1881, the Alliance Israélite Universelle transformed it into a school for girls.^[2]

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

↑ Jacques Revault (1971). Palais et demeures de Tunis (XVIIIe et XIXe siècles) (in French). II. Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique. pp. 393–395.
↑ "Découvrir". leborgel.com (in French). Retrieved 29 May 2016.

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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