Souk El Ouzar 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 ...
, specialized in selling
blankets
A blanket is a swath of soft cloth large enough either to cover or to enfold most of the user's body and thick enough to keep the body warm by trapping radiant body heat that otherwise would be lost through convection.
Etymology
The term ...
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[Ahmed Saadaoui, Tunis, ville ottomane : trois siècles d'urbanisme et d'architecture, Tunis, Centre de publication universitaire, 2001, 538 p. (), p. 389]
Location
It is located in the north-east of
Al-Zaytuna Mosque
Al-Zaytuna Mosque, also known as Ez-Zitouna Mosque, and El-Zituna Mosque ( ar, جامع الزيتونة, literally meaning ''the Mosque of Olive''), is a major mosque at the center of the Medina of Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia. The mosque is the o ...
, near
Souk El Attarine
Souk El Attarine ( ar, سوق العطارين), or souk of spice traders, is the name by which most spice markets are referred to in Arab countries in the Middle East. Old cities ( Jerusalem, Damascus, Amman, Beirut, Tunis, Marrakach) were often ...
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Monuments
The souk has many monuments like Eshobak mosque and
El Habibi Mosque
La El Habibi Mosque ( ar, مسجد الحبيبي), also known as Bou Dhebena Mosque ( ar, مسجد بو ذبانة) is a small mosque in the Medina of Tunis.
Localization
The mosque can be found in 14 Sidi Saber Street.
Etymology
It got i ...
that was built by the
husainid ruler
Muhammad VI al-Habib
Muhammad VI al-Habib ( ar, محمد الحبيب باي, ), commonly known as Habib Bey (13 August 1858 in Le Bardo – 13 February 1929 in Carthage) was the sixteenth Husainid Bey of Tunis, reigning from 10 July 1922 until 11 February 1929.
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Mosquée El Chebak photo 3 مسجد الشباك.jpg, Eshobak Mosque
Mosquée El Habibi photo 4 المسجد الحبيبي.jpg, El Habibi Mosque
La El Habibi Mosque ( ar, مسجد الحبيبي), also known as Bou Dhebena Mosque ( ar, مسجد بو ذبانة) is a small mosque in the Medina of Tunis.
Localization
The mosque can be found in 14 Sidi Saber Street.
Etymology
It got i ...
Mosquée El Habibi (plaque commémorative) photo 1 المسجد الحبيبي.jpg, Commemorative plaque of El Habibi Mosque
La El Habibi Mosque ( ar, مسجد الحبيبي), also known as Bou Dhebena Mosque ( ar, مسجد بو ذبانة) is a small mosque in the Medina of Tunis.
Localization
The mosque can be found in 14 Sidi Saber Street.
Etymology
It got i ...
Notes and references
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