Souk El Kachachine
Appearance
36°47′47″N 10°10′16″E / 36.796420°N 10.171199°E
Souk El Kachachine is one of the souks of the medina of Tunis. It is specialized in selling second-hand clothes.
Location
[edit]It is located in the east of Al-Zaytuna Mosque, near souk El Nissa.[1]
History
[edit]The souk was founded during the Hafsid era between 1128 and 1535.[2]
Monuments
[edit]Hammam El Kachachine is located in this souk.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Ahmed Saadaoui, Tunis, ville ottomane : trois siècles d'urbanisme et d'architecture, Tunis, Centre de publication universitaire, 2001, 538 p. (ISBN 978-9973-37-023-5), p. 389
- ^ "Historique des espaces de production et d'échanges dans la Médina de Tunis" [History of production and exchange spaces in the Medina of Tunis] (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-03.