Sidi Bou Saïd
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Sidi Bou Saïd is the hilltop coastal village on Djebel El Manar above the Bay of Tunis, taking its name from the thirteenth-century Sufi figure Abu Saïd Khalaf Ibn Yahya El Tamimi El Beji, who used the promontory for meditation and…
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- 1200-1299
Abu Saïd Khalaf Ibn Yahya El Tamimi El Beji used the promontory for meditation, prayer, and teaching, and a mausoleum was later erected in his name to fix the site as a Sufi anchor.
- 1912-1922
Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger's Ennejma Ezzahra palace was built at Sidi Bou Saïd and forms one documented component of the conservation ensemble.
- 1915
A beylical text was issued specifically to safeguard the village's architectural and cultural character, giving the present conservation regime its legal foundation.
- 1978
A management plan prepared by the District of Tunis set controls for development, land use, and circulation.
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