Built between 1860 and 1870 by the Kheïreddine Minister, the Palate combined a traditional organization with European innovations: frontage with broad openings on street, interior decoration Italianizing with mouldings gilded with the sheet.
Nowadays, there remained of this splendor only the modified part of the frontage and the decoration of a living room with its cast iron chimney.
Indeed, with French protectorate and the departure of the Minister, the property was parcelled out with its sale in 1881: several private owners divided the appendices, the palate even, after having been used to him for some time as Court, were divided and sold to two different owners in 1905.
The part of the palate located along the street of the Court called Hafsia palate was demolished between 1910 and 1920 and one school was built on the released ground and the neighbouring grounds, all properties of the community Jew since 1908.
Other half of the palate giving on the place called old law courts, was assigned to a Moslem school.
Become public domain in 1961, this part of the palate was abandoned some time, except a wing which was used as company flat for the Director of the elementary school. In 1972, after the consolidation work made by the Municipality of Tunis, this wing sheltered certain services of the District of Tunis.
This whole of buildings, partially used (municipal part) or closed down (old school Jew) was on standby of a project which would give again life to him and constitute a center of attraction for the Medina

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