Souk El Azzafine
Souk El Azzafine is one of the souks of the medina of Tunis and where the musicians used to meet.[1]
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Metallic plaque of El Azzafine Street
Etymology
It got its name from the Arabic word azzafa that means « music playing ».
Monument
Bimaristan Al Azzafine, which is a hospital that was built during the reign of Hammuda Pasha in 1662, is located in this Souk.
Notes and references
- Ahmed Ben Miled, Histoire de la médecine arabe en Tunisie durant dix siècles, Tunis, Cartaginoiseries, 2012, 320 p. (ISBN 9789973704252), p. 170
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