Dar Zarrouk

Dar Zarrouk is one of the palaces of the old town of Tunis. It is one of the largest historical palaces in Tunis.

Door of the Dar Zarrouk restaurant, rue Hédi-Zarouk, in Sidi Bou Said

Localization

The palace is located on the street of Judges near the palace of Khurasanid dynasty's princes.

History

Dar Zarrouk is an aristocratic house that belongs to the Zarrouk family, we can mention for example Abou Abdallah Mohamed Larbi Zarrouk, a minister under the reign of Hammuda ibn Ali.

The palace was constructed by a privateer and Dey Murad during the seventeenth century,[1] and it was modified by the Zarrouk family during the eighteenth century.

Architecture

It is composed mainly of a ground floor, the new owners added another house for their guests and a room to rest on the terraces. We can also find other outbuildings in the palace, such as a Grain Mill, a space to pray, and a inner garden.[2]

Mohamed Zarrouk, son of the minister Mohamed Larbi Zarrouk built three more apartments during the nineteenth century.

References
  1. Jacques Revault, Palais et demeures de Tunis (xviiie et xixe siècles), vol. II, éd. Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris, 1971, p. 154-185
  2. Jacques Revault, Palais et demeures de Tunis (xviiie et xixe siècles), vol. II, éd. Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris, 1971, p. 154-185

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