36°47′58″N 10°10′17″E / 36.799475°N 10.171278°E / 36.799475; 10.171278

Metallic plaque of El Azzafine Street

Souk El Azzafine is one of the souks of the medina of Tunis and where the musicians used to meet.[1]

Etymology

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It got its name from the Arabic word azzafa that means « music playing ».

Monument

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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

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  1. ^ Ahmed Ben Miled, Histoire de la médecine arabe en Tunisie durant dix siècles, Tunis, Cartaginoiseries, 2012, 320 p. (ISBN 9789973704252), p. 170