36°47′58″N 10°10′17″E / 36.799475°N 10.171278°E
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Souk El Azzafine is one of the souks of the medina of Tunis and where the musicians used to meet.[1]
Etymology
editIt got its name from the Arabic word azzafa that means « music playing ».
Monument
editBimaristan 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
edit- ^ Ahmed Ben Miled, Histoire de la médecine arabe en Tunisie durant dix siècles, Tunis, Cartaginoiseries, 2012, 320 p. (ISBN 9789973704252), p. 170