Dar Lasram

Dar Lasram is one of the palaces of the medina of Tunis. It is located at 24 Tribunal Street.

History

The Lasram's, an aristocratic family of Tunis, descend from a Yemeni tribe settled in Kairouan. It is composed of rich landowners. Most of them were ministers of the Pen ({{langx|ar|وزارة القلم}}, {{langx|fr|ministres de la Plume}}).{{Cite book|last=Ben Achour|first=Mohamed El Aziz|date=1989|title=Catégories de la société tunisoise dans la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle|location=Tunis|publisher=Institut national d'archéologie et d'art|pages=176–178}} One of them, Hamouda Lasram,{{Cite web |url=http://www.lepetitjournal.com/tunis/societe/histoire/116243-histoire-les-palais-de-la-medina-dar-lasram |title=Lepetitjournal.com - HISTOIRE - les palais de la Medina : Dar Lasram |access-date=19 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906102753/http://www.lepetitjournal.com/tunis/societe/histoire/116243-histoire-les-palais-de-la-medina-dar-lasram |archive-date=6 September 2017 |url-status=dead }} is a rich landowner and a khawaja of the Igawawen tribe (secretary of Berber cavalry regiments).

In order to get a large plot and build the palace, he acquired and demolished several neighboring buildings. Its construction lasted from 1812 to 1819.{{Cite web|language=fr|title=Dar Lasram|url=http://www.qantara-med.org/qantara4/public/show_document.php?do_id=1270|website=qantara-med.org|access-date=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182859/http://www.qantara-med.org/qantara4/public/show_document.php?do_id=1270|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

Image:Salle Dar Lasram.jpg

Until the independence and the abolition of the habous, his descendants lived in the palace (which was considered inalienable as a habous).

In 1964, the municipality of Tunis acquired it. Four years later, in 1968,{{Cite book|last1=Binous|first1=Jamila|last2=Jabeur|first2=Salah|date=2001|title=Les maisons de la médina|location=Tunis|publisher=Dar Ashraf|page=119}} it is allocated to the Association de sauvegarde de la médina de Tunis.

Architecture

Dar Lasram, with a surface area of 2250 m², is a good example of a large traditional Tunisian residence. The ground floor contains the warehouse and the service area, the first floor is reserved to family members while the upper floor is reserved to guests.

Nowadays, the palace is divided between the Association de sauvegarde de la médina and the Tahar Haddad Club.

Détail des arcs du patio du Dar Lasram.jpg|View of the main patio's arches

TNdiver 10.JPG|Close-up of a Neo-doric capital of the main patio

Détail stucs patio du Dar Lasram.jpg|Close-up of a stucco-work in the main patio

Darlasram 01.JPG|Painted decoration in the ceiling of one of the patio's porticoes

Les arabesques.JPG|View of a painted ceiling with vegetal arabesque ornament

Plafond Dar Lasram.jpg|View a ceiling sculpted with roses and geometrical frames

References

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