Souk El Haddadine or souk of the smiths is one of the
souks
A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, such as in the W ...
of 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 ...
.
Location
It is located in the southern part of the
medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...
, in the Smiths Street.
History
The souk was founded during the
Hafsid
The Hafsids ( ar, الحفصيون ) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (University Press of America, 1999), 84. who ruled Ifriqiya (western ...
era between 1128 and 1535.
Products
It is specialized in producing
metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...
products.
Monuments
The souk is located near
Bab Jedid, one of the medina's famous gates.
Also,
Sidi Mahrez Khelloua Mosque, a classified monument is in this souk.
[http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/publish/content/article.asp?ID=192 ]
Bab Jedid.jpg, Bab Jedid
Kelloua de Sidi Mahrez photo1 خلوة سيدي محرز بن خلف.jpg, Sidi Mahrez Khelloua Mosque
Kelloua de Sidi Mahrez photo 2 خلوة سيدي محرز بن خلف.jpg, Entrance of the mosque
Kelloua de Sidi Mahrez photo4 خلوة سيدي محرز بن خلف.jpg, Facade of the mosque after restoration
Notes and references
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