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Souk En Nhas (English: copper market) 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 ...
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 fr ...
. It is specialised in selling copper utensils.


Location

The souk location is between the
Kasbah A kasbah (, also ; ar, قَـصَـبَـة, qaṣaba, lit=fortress, , Maghrebi Arabic: ), also spelled qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city. It is also equivalent to the term ''alca ...
Street and Souk El Grana.


Testimonies

Charles Lallemand visited Tunisia in the end of the 19th century and left a testimony about the souk.


Notes and references


External links

* Nhas {{Tunisia-stub