Madrasa Asfouria
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Madrasa Asfouria (Arabic المدرسة العصفورية) is one of the Madrasas of the Medina of Tunis, which was constructed in the Hafsi era. :
Location
The Madrasa is situated at an alley near Souk el Attarine, between Madrasa El Khaldounia and Madrasa Hamzia, hence creating a complex of Madrasas.
Only a few meters from Zaytouna mosque
History
Constructed during the Hafsid era, at the same time with other Madrasa such as Madrasa Chamaiya, Madrasa Tawfikia, Madrasa El Mountaciriya and Madrasa El Unqiya.
Named after the scholar Ibn Asfour El Ichbili, who is of Seville origins, who also taught at the same Madrasa.
Instructors
Among its scholars, other than Asfour Ibn Ichbili, we could also name Chaikh Salah El Cherif before his departure to Damascus and the poet Mohammed Taher Battikh.
Evolution
The Madrasa was restored by the Assoiation of Medina Preservation of Tunis in 2000. Nowadays, it hosts the premises of five associations of which the Tunisian Association of Research and Studies on the Tunisian intellectual heritage.
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Inscription située à l'entrée de la médersa -
Patio de la médersa
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