Ennejma Ezzahra

Ennejma Ezzahra

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Alternative names Nejma Ezzohara
General information
Town or city Sidi Bou Said
Country Tunisia
Coordinates 36°52′09″N 10°20′54″E / 36.86921°N 10.34821°E / 36.86921; 10.34821Coordinates: 36°52′09″N 10°20′54″E / 36.86921°N 10.34821°E / 36.86921; 10.34821
Construction started 1909
Completed 1921 (1921)
Client Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger
Website
www.ennejmaezzahra-tunisie.org
Warning bell on the lock on the museum's treasure chest
recorded April 2015

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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.[1]

It was occupied and looted by the German military during World War II.[1] Further damage was done when allied troops were billeted there later in the war.[1]

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,[2] with many of its original furnishings, including paintings by the Baron, and a treasure-chest reputedly once owned by Suleiman the Magnificent.[1]

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,[3] 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.[1]

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