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The Medina

Monuments of the Medina
Old Tunis
Opened houses
Bab Souika-Halfaouine Project
Hafsia Project
Oukalas Project
Project of the restoration of the mosque of Ezzitouna
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    الإستقبال : Souks  Souk El Birka
  

The souks of the medina

Souk El Birka
According to Ibn Abi Dinar's Al Mou'nis this souk, which is the continuation of Souk al Bey after you pass Souk et-Trouk and which was famous since the beginning of the 11th H/17th c

According to Ibn Abi Dinar's Al Mou'nis this souk, which is the continuation of Souk al Bey after you pass Souk et-Trouk and which was famous since the beginning of the 11th H/17th c. AD, was initially a slave market (slavery was then abolished in 1263 H/1846 AD). The name Birka refers to the sitting position that camels had for unloading slaves and that they kept until it was time to leave. It then became a souk for jewellers, a function it continues to have to this day.
 
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