Type Consulate Country Tunisia Opened 1914 | Address Victory Square Completed 1914 (1914) Town or city Tunis | |
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Architectural style Moorish Revival architecture Similar Embassy of the United Kingdom, Former British Consulat, British High Commission - Ottawa, Embassy of the United Kingdom, Embassy of the United Kingdom | ||
The former British Consulate is a building that housed the United Kingdom consulate in Tunis, Tunisia, later upgraded to an embassy, following Tunisia's independence in 1956. It is located on Victory Square (formerly Place de la Bourse), adjacent to the medina of Tunis.
History
Diplomatic relations between the Regency of Tunis and the United Kingdom began in 1662, with the signing of a peace treaty.
The first consulate building was erected in the seventeenth century. It was replaced by a second, in European style, in the early nineteenth century.
The building on Victory Square was erected in 1914, in a Moorish revival style.
In 2003, the embassy moved to the Berges du Lac and the former consulate building was returned to the Tunisian state.
References
Former British Consulate in Tunis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA