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Sidi Bou Makhlouf
A
very line mausoleum covered by an ensemble or original and
harmoniousribbed cupolas and surmounted by all elegant octagonal
minaret. The decoration inside is very rich with glazed ceramic tiles,
finely carved stucco, ornamented wood constituting the main decoration.
The foundation or this Zawiah goes back to the beginning of the XVIIth
century and it contains the tomb of Sidi Abdallah Bou Makhlouf from Fes
and those of his descendants. The Zawiah also serves as the headquarters
of the Aissaouiyyah confraternity, originally from
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A
large religious and social complex built in 1784 to serve as the
headquarters of the important confraternity of the Rahmaniyyah, it has
now been converted into the Regional museum of popular arts and
traditions. The museum contains four very interesting rooms devoted to
traditional life in city of le Kef (Madinah), and in the little villages
of the Upper Tell countryside.
Room No 1:
remarkable first of all for the beauty and richness of its decoration,
it contains a substantial collection of traditional jewelry, and bridal
costumes.
Room No 2: occupying the ancient
prayer hall, it displays a full size Bedouin tent with all its
attributes and furnishings, the various aspects of agricultural life as
well as that of the Upper Tell nomads.
Room No 3: is devoted to village pottery; the collection is outstanding for its curious apparatus to smoke out bees.
Room
No 4: arranged in another mausoleum, it is devoted to equestrian art
with its various accessories, saddles, guns, dress costumes and
headdress.
The museum is in the process of
adding new rooms to present complementary themes and these have recently
been fitted alit and are already open to the public.
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Le Kef: The Numidian City of Northwest Tunisia
Heir to ancient Sicca Veneria amd to medieval Shaqbanaria, the modern city of le Kef is a synthesis of ancient North African and Mediterranean civilizationsand constitutes a rich and vibrant cultural conservatory.
Situated on the last promontory or the Jbel al-Dir plateau, overlooked the valley created by Wad Mallegue, it is far from the major prehistoric settlements of Koudiat Soultane, and has proved very rich in megalithicvestiges, tangible signs of the first centers
of sedentary settlements, attesting to the existence of urban
establishment before the arrival of the Phoenicians and Punic expansion
to the west of the country.
The city of founded by theLibyans probably in the 5th century BC was inhabited very early on by a Sicilian colony established by Carthage. Atemple-city and a Carthaginian fortress, Sicca was alreadymentioned in 241 BC during the Carthaginian mercenary wars.
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While it was eclipsed byLorbeus, the town nevertheless Remained a lively urban centre until the XVIthcentury despite the pressure from pastoral tribes. A fief of Beni Chanour tribeat the end of the Hafsid era, during the XVIth century, the city of Shaqbanariachanged its name to its present one—al-Kaf (le Kef).
The position of le Kef was rehabilitated by the Ottomans when they took over the domains belonging to the tribes of the region and formed the westernboarders of the Gegency of Tunis. During the last three centuries it played the role of an advanced bastion o f the Regency in the East; its fortifications werea determining factor during many conflicts.
For a long time it ranked third largest city of Tunisia and experienced a considerable economic, social, and intellectual development.
Le Kef was the first city to be occupied by French troupes in 1881, and in 1884 it became a municipality.
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