Publication Date
905 AH / 1500 AD
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID
monument;ISL;tn;Mon01;35;ar
Library Location
La Marsa, Tunisia
Date
905 AH / 1500 AD
Notes
The Abdaliyah was part of a group of three buildings erected in the middle of spacious gardens, and designated for summer vacations for the people of the court. Only the building bearing the name of the Great Abdaliyah has survived to us. The main entrance opens under a colonnaded portico consisting of three broken arches resting on stone columns crowned with Turkish capitals. The door, decorated with nails and open under broken arches, is surrounded by a stone frame. The first vestibule (the first vestibule) is square-shaped, and the presence of seats, and in particular the presence of a niche in which the prince stands, suggests that it was used as a courtroom or reception hall. This dreiba is covered by a shell-shaped dome resting on corner curves, and decorated with plaster on which the Husseini bouquet is carved. As for the walls, they are covered with Italian porcelain dating back to the 19th century. A stairway leads to the courtyard and the wings. The latter was built on a ground layer in the form of vaults supported by double arches, huge pillars, and dividing walls of rubble and quarry stone, forming warehouses for supplies, a guard room, and stables located between the two service courtyards. These annexed spaces are accessed through a separate entrance, located on the opposite side of the main entrance. On the northwestern side, on the ground floor, there is an advanced hall covered with vaults and widely open to the outside. It represents the rest hall (a seat). The residence is distributed on the first floor around a courtyard, the center of which is decorated with a rectangular water basin. The facades meet, and two halls open under a colonnaded portico. While the entrance, in addition to the hall, forms a door surrounded by windows under an arch. The wings consist of three large halls with a medium vault that lead to the courtyard and the interior part at the same time. Opposite the entrance, a square tower inherited from ancient Almohad architecture occupies the northeastern corner. The view from the top of the tower allows us to discover the amazing diversity of the shapes of the domes that cover the halls, which consist of a series of high vaults with sides, semi-cylindrical vaults interrupted by perpendicular vaults, and hemispherical vaults.
Sample Text
Jamila Binous “Abdalia Palace” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;tn;Mon01;35;ar
