Abdellia Palace
Abdellia Palace (Arabic: قصر العبدلية) is a palace located in La Marsa, a town in the northern suburbs of the capital of Tunisia, Tunis.
It is built in 1500 (905 AH)[1] by Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV al-Mutawakkil when he was in power.[2] In the 17th and 18th century it became a summer residence for the Muradids and Husainids and a fortified shelter from external threats.[1]
Among personalities who inhabited the palace, Mahmud ibn Muhammad (1814–1824), his son Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud and the British consuls Richard Wood and Thomas Reade can be cited.[3]
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Palace gate -
Palace patio -
Interior view
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Palais al-Abdilliyya". qantara-med.org (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Boulares, Habib (2011). History of Tunisia. Translated by Haynes, Jon. Tunis: Ceres Editions. p. 344. ISBN 9789973197955.
- ^ "Palais al-Abdilliyya". qantara-med.org (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 28 August 2016.