Dar Bayram
Dar Bayramis an oldpalacelocated in the Andalusians Street, in themedina of Tunis.It is indexed as one of the biggest historical residences of Tunis, in the inventory of Jacques Revault, member of the Middle East and Mediterranean Studies Research Group.
History
[edit]Sheikh Al Islam M'hammedBayrambought the palace from some rich notaries and merchants, the Daoud family, and, in 1883,[1]started important modifications by adding another floor.[2]Unfortunately, he died before extensions were over in 1900, and his sons lived in the building.
On 31 January 2015, the palace got converted into a hotel.[3]
Architecture
[edit]The palace has adribaand askifa,which are successively a big and a smallvestibule.[1]Like all other residences in themedina of Tunis,it has a big court surrounded by apartments, with two other smaller courts for the kitchen and servants accommodation.[1]
All the decoration added by the SheikhBayramis essentially Italian: clearmarbleground, walls with Italianfaienceand awrought irongrill.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcdJacques Revault (1971).Palais et demeures de Tunis (XVIIIe et XIXe siècles)(in French). Vol. II. Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique. pp. 215–217.
- ^Jamila Binous; Salah Jabeur (2001).Les maisons de la médina(in French). Tunis: Dar Ashraf. p. 54.
- ^"Ouverture de The Knowledge Palais Bayram ce samedi 31 janvier 2015 à la médina de Tunis".tunisie.co(in French). 27 January 2015.Retrieved1 April2016.
