Dar Djellouli
Dar Djellouli is an old palace of the Medina of Tunis. It is located in the street of the rich in Bab Jedid, near Tourbet El Bey.
It is indexed as one of the biggest historical residences of Tunis in the Jacques Revault inventary, member of the Middle East & Mediterranean Studies Research Group .
History
At the end of the 18th century, the rich Qaid Mahmoud Djellouli bought a beautiful residence that was a gift from the sovereign Al-Husayn I ibn Ali to his daughter, Princess Fatma, wife of the minister Rajab Khanznadar. And in the beginning of the 19th century, and with all the modifications and extensions he added, the residence became a magnificent palace, that gave to the street where it is located the name of "the street of the rich", because at that time, the Djellouli family's wealth was very important.
The extensions of the palace continued even after Mahmoud Djellouli's death with his two sons, the Qaids Farhat and Hussein ..
Architecture
The palace's decoration is a mixture of the traditionnal local style with the occidental one. This association can be noticed in the columns with the turkish capitals ,or the italian and Qallaline faience, and the the Hispano-Maghrebian ceilings.
In Dar Djellouli you can find all the parts of a typical tunisian residence of that time :a driba, a skifa or a corridor, a spacious court surrounded by big suites with alcoves in the ground floor, and common parts in the first floor (like the kitchen the hammam, service rooms...) with two small halls, a floor for the hosts or Sraya and a Kushk for the master of the house on the top of the balcony.