Dar Bayram is an old

palace A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome whi ...

located in the Andalusians Street, in the

medina of Tunis The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from ...

. It is indexed as one of the biggest historical residences of Tunis, in the inventory of Jacques Revault, member of the Middle East and Mediterranean Studies Research Group.

History

Sheikh Al Islam Mhamed Bayram bought the palace from the Daoud family, rich notaries and merchants, and in 1883 started important modifications by adding another floor. He died before extensions were completed in 1900, and his sons lived in the building. On 31 January 2015, the palace was converted into a hotel. Porte du Dar Bayram

Architecture

The palace has a ''driba'' and a ''skifa'', which are successively a big and a small vestibule. Like all other residences in the

, it has a big court surrounded by apartments, with two other smaller courts for the kitchen and servants accommodation. All the decoration added by Bayram is essentially Italian: clear

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

ground, walls with Italian

faience Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white Ceramic glaze, pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an stannous oxide, oxide of tin to the Slip (c ...

and a

wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%), or 0.25 for low carbon "mild" steel. Wrought iron is manufactured by heating and melting high carbon cast iron in an ...

grill.

References

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