Souk En Nhas

Souk En Nhas (English: copper market) is one of the souks of the medina of Tunis. It is specialised in selling copper utensils.

Craftsman in Souk En Nhas.

Location
Metallic plaque of Souk En Nhas

The souk location is between the Kasbah Street and Souk El Grana.[1]

Testimonies
Products at the souk

Charles Lallemand visited Tunisia in the end of the 19th century and left a testimony about the souk.[2]

Notes and references
  1. Archives of the Association de sauvegarde de la médina de Tunis (1982). Étude analytique des espaces de production et d'échange dans la médina de Tunis (in French). Tunis: Association de sauvegarde de la médina de Tunis. p. 21.
  2. Charles Lallemand (2004). Hier, la Tunisie (in French). Paris: Molière. p. 118. ISBN 2-84790-102-7.
  • "Souk el Nhas". culture.alecso.org (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2017.


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