Souk El Azzafine
36°47′58″N10°10′17″E/ 36.799475°N 10.171278°E
Souk El Azzafineis one of thesouksof themedina of Tunisand where themusiciansused to meet.[1]
Etymology
[edit]It got its name from theArabicwordazzafathat means « music playing ».
Monument
[edit]Bimaristan Al Azzafine, which is ahospitalthat was built during the reign ofHammuda Pashain 1662, is located in this Souk.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^Ahmed Ben Miled, Histoire de la médecine arabe en Tunisie durant dix siècles, Tunis, Cartaginoiseries, 2012, 320 p. (ISBN9789973704252), p. 170
