Address :  Dead end of Artillery

This large house, located on Sidi Boukhrissane street between Souk as-sakkajine and Dar ussein (Bab Menara), was built in late 10th H/16th c. AD or early 11th H/17th c. AD and was put at the disposal of a Turkish dignitary who needed to live near the government building in la Kasbah. In the 13th H/18th c. AD the house was acquired by the Al-Haddad family of Andalusan origins and whose members were chechia makers. In 1147 H/1734 AD its owner

— a man by the name of Said Ibn Ahmed Ibn Mahmoud Ibn Ahmed Ibn Haj Hassouna al-Haddad al-Andalousi ach-Charif

— turned it into a habous (trust) for the benefit of his father's two spouses. The al-Haddad family gave the corporation or guild of chechia-makers a large number of amine (experts and guild-heads) and to the Andalusan community in Tunis several eminent Sheikhs and notables. The rich family was part of the elite of the city. The palace became by devolution a property of the Lasram family. The Municipality of Tunis then bought it and the Archaeological Department of the National Heritage Institute proceeded to restore it; the task was finished in 1999. The architectural style of the building is predominantly Hafside with strong Andalusan and Ottoman influences.