Madrasa El Bachia ( ar, المدرسة الباشية) is one of the

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

hs of the

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, located in the Rue des Libraires, near the

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and in front of the Guachachine

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History

Madrasa El Bachia was built in 1752 during the reign of the Husainid

Abu l-Hasan Ali I Abu l-Hasan Ali I ( ar, أبو الحسن علي باش; 30 June 1688 – 22 September 1756), also known as Ali Pasha and Ali Bey I,) was the second leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1735 to 1756. Biography He was a ...

. It was dedicated to the

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education. In the 1980s, and with the help of the ministry of Vocational Training and Employment, the madrasa was re-established once more as a training center.

Description

The madrasa has 13 rooms for students, a prayer room and a library. It has a public fountain close to the entrance, added later for visitors. The building showcases the classical architecture of a madrasa: the courtyard gives access to the rooms through porticos surrounding three sides while the fourth gave access to the prayer room and the library. File:Medersa Bachiya.JPG, Door of the madrasa File:Médersa El Bachia 010.jpg, Commemorative plaque File:Madressa e bachia 14.jpg, Vestibule of the madrasa File:Médersa El Bachia.JPG, Court of the madrasa

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Bachia :''"Bachia"'' as described by Förster in 1869 is now the cryptine wasp genus '' Bachiana''. ''Bachia'' is a genus of lizards that belong to the spectacled lizards family.