Dar El Monastiri () is a palace in the Medina of Tunis.
Localization
It is located in 9 El Monastiri Street near Sidi Mahrez mausoleum.
History The palace was built in the 19th century during the reign of Mahmud Bey, by his son Al-Husayn II who later gave it to M'hamed El Monastiri, a noble and a trader of Chachia (chaouachi).Jacques Revault, Palais et demeures de Tunis (XVIIIe et XIXe siècles), vol. II, Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1971, 648 p. (lire en ligne [archive]), p. 371-386 During the French occupation, it was an arts institute.
In 1930, it became the office of craft training and then a regional center of Tunisian arts in 1940.Jacques Revault, Palais et demeures de Tunis (XVIIIe et XIXe siècles), vol. II, Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1971, 648 p. (lire en ligne [archive]), p. 371-386
In 2007, it became the main office of the tunisian center of translation.Jamila Binous (photogr. Salah Jabeur), Maisons de la médina de Tunis, Tunis, Dar Ashraf, 2002, 239 p. (), p. 73
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