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Souk En Nhas

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Craftsman in 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.

Location

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Metallic plaque of Souk En Nhas

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

Testimonies

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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

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  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.
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  • "Souk el Nhas". culture.alecso.org (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2017.