Alternative names Nejma Ezzohara Completed 1921 (1921) Town or city Sidi Bou Said | Country Tunisia Opened 1921 Construction started 1909 | |
Client Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger Similar Mûsiqât, Acropolium of Carthage, Carthage National Museum, Baths of Antoninus, Dar Ben Abdallah | ||
Le palais ennejma ezzahra dar el baron d erlanger sidi bou sa d tunisia
Ennejma Ezzahra ("Star of Zahra", sometimes spelled Nejma Ezzohara), is a palace at Sidi Bou Said, in northern Tunisia, built by Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger (1872–1932) as his home there.
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- Le palais ennejma ezzahra dar el baron d erlanger sidi bou sa d tunisia
- Map of Palais du Baron d Erlanger Carthage Tunisia
- Filming
- References
Map of Palais du Baron d' Erlanger, Carthage, Tunisia
It was occupied and looted by the German military during World War II. Further damage was done when allied troops were billeted there later in the war.
Some years after his son Leo Alfred Frédéric d'Erlanger (1898–1978)'s death, Leo's widow, Baroness Edwina d'Erlanger (née Prue; died 1994), sold it to the Tunisian government, and it is now preserved as a museum, with many of its original furnishings, including paintings by the Baron, and a treasure-chest reputedly once owned by Suleiman the Magnificent.
It also house the Centre des Musiques Arabes et Méditerranéennes (Centre for Arabic and Mediterranean Music), for which it acts as a regular concert venue, and which has a collection of historical musical instruments and other objects.
Filming
The house is often used for filming, including the making of Justine, based on Lawrence Durrell's novel of that name.