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This souk has a square form, with a wooden platform in the middle which was the place where slaves were presented and waited for the outcome of the sale. Potential buyers were sitting on benches around the souk and participated in the
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721:"Souk El Blat entre phytothérapie et sorcellerie : randonnée dans un lieu magique de croyances populaires"
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112:Entrance of souk El Attarine
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694:"Souk Al Belghajiya"
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1178:Souk Sidi Boumendil
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368:is located west of
204:View of souk El Bey
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639:"MĂ©dina de Tunis"
610:Al-Zaytuna Mosque
606:Souk Es Sarragine
601:Souk Es Sarragine
576:Al-Zaytuna Mosque
517:Al-Zaytuna Mosque
466:Al-Zaytuna Mosque
426:Abu l-Hasan Ali I
410:Al-Zaytuna Mosque
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160:Built in 1612 by
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1073:Souk El Ghraiyer
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864:See also
578:because
552:utensils
891:Bazaari
595:clothes
454:sefseri
344:Livorno
340:Tunisia
246:balghas
178:auction
134:incense
98:chachia
86:Muradid
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546:, the
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331:Granas
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