Souk El Azzafine
36°47′58″N 10°10′17″E / 36.799475°N 10.171278°E / 36.799475; 10.171278
Souk El Azzafine is one of the souks of the medina of Tunis and where the musicians used to meet.[1]
Etymology
It got its name from the Arabic word azzafa that means « music playing ».
Monument
Bimaristan Al Azzafine, which is a hospital that was built during the reign of Hammuda Pasha in 1662, is located in this Souk.
Notes and references
- ^ Ahmed Ben Miled, Histoire de la médecine arabe en Tunisie durant dix siècles, Tunis, Cartaginoiseries, 2012, 320 p. (ISBN 9789973704252), p. 170
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Souks of Tunis
- Souk Al Asr
- Souk de la Commission
- Souk Ech-Chaouachine
- Souk Edabaghine
- Souk El Attarine
- Souk El Azzafine
- Souk El Bechmak
- Souk El Beransia
- Souk El Berka
- Souk El Bey
- Souk El Blaghgia
- Souk El Blat
- Souk El Dziria
- Souk El Fekka
- Souk El Ghrabliyya
- Souk El Ghraiyer
- Souk El Grana
- Souk El Haddadine
- Souk El Jedid
- Souk El Kachachine
- Souk El Kebabjia
- Souk El Kmach
- Souk El Kouafi
- Souk El Koutbiya
- Souk El Leffa
- Souk El Marr
- Souk El Nissa
- Souk El Ouzar
- Souk El Sagha
- Souk El Souf
- Souk El Trouk
- Souk En Nhas
- Souk Erbaa
- Souk Es Sabbaghine
- Souk Es Sabbaghine El Saghir
- Souk Es Sekajine
- Souk Sidi Boumendil
- Souk Sidi Mahrez
- Souk Sidi Sridek
- Souk Es Sarragine
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