Dar Ben Ayed

It is located in the Ben Ayed Street in Bab Jedid, near Tourbet el Bey and Souk Es Sabbaghine.

It is indexed as one of the big residences of Tunis, in the inventory of Jacques Revault, member of the Middle East and Mediterranean Studies Research Group.

The palace was built at the end of the 18th century by the qaid Rajeb Ben Ayed.

[1] The general Rachid Ben Abdallah Al Hanafy bought the palace and kept it under his possession until his execution by Muhammad III as-Sadiq in 1867.

[2] The palace has many apartments, common parts, indoor gardens, rooms for supplies (makhzens), and an oratory.