Tourbet El Bey Mausoleum description and photos - Tunisia: Tunisia (Topic)

Tourbet El Bey Mausoleum description and photos - Tunisia: Tunisia. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Tourbet El Bey.

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Tunisia has a rich architectural heritage. The famous mausoleum of Turbet el-Bey was built during the reign of the Husseinid dynasty by Pasha Ali II at the end of the 18th century. This mausoleum was built specifically for members of the Husseinid family: for the caliphs themselves, their wives, heirs and other family members.

The rulers of Tunisia lived in luxurious country palaces outside the capital, and only after death did they show their subjects the "honor" to be near them. Later, next to the rooms where the sarcophagi of the rulers stand, they began to bury especially famous ministers and the rich nobility of Tunisia of that time.

In the 18th century, Italian culture began to actively penetrate into Tunisia, therefore some elements of the Renaissance are present in the Husseinid mausoleum : the halls of the Mausoleum are decorated with knocking (artificial marble) and skillfully made tiles.

The Turbet el Bey mausoleum was built with spacious rooms with high vaulted ceilings. The tombs of the mausoleum, including the sarcophagi themselves, are decorated with fine and delicate carvings of a rare technique. The sarcophagi of the caliphs and their wives are in separate rooms. Above each male burial is a stylized turban, as a symbol of power and belonging to the Muslim faith.

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