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Carthage Palace
Carthage Palace (Arabic: قصر قرطاج) is the presidential palace of Tunisia, and the official residence and seat of the President of Tunisia. It is located along the Mediterranean Sea at the current city of Carthage, near the archaeological site of the ancient city, fifteen kilometers from Tunis. A house by Le Corbusier sits within the site.
The palace complex has four parts: the palace proper, consisting of the central building and a private wing housing two apartments, a building for presidential security and two other buildings, one of which is used for common, administrative and financial services, and general.
Within the complex is the residence of the Swiss ambassador, a building ceded by Bourguiba after an attempted coup in 1962, as well as the archaeological site called "fountain with a thousand amphorae".
Originally, the palace park sheltered a residence of Mustapha Khaznadar. It became the property of an Italian (Mario Cignoni) in 1937. The residence was occupied by the Allies of World War II in 1943, then became the residence of the Secretary General of the Tunisian government, a French official responsible for controlling the ministers and the government of the Bey of Tunis.
Chosen by Bourguiba as the place of residence after the Essaâda palace in La Marsa, it replaced another palace in Carthage, located at the bottom of the hill, which was the main residence of the last bey of Tunis.
After the independence of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba built a palace there according to his ambitions and to the extent of his cult of personality. The Bourguiba collection of numerous works to the glory of the leader is found in the basement of the palace and shown on Tunisian television after the 2011 revolution. The palace was built by the Franco-Tunisian architect Olivier-Clément Cacoub, in three sections over a period spread from 1960 to 1969, in Arab-Andalusian architectural style. The palace complex covers a total area of 38 to 40 hectares.
During Bourguiba's presidency, the palace served as his residence and workplace. His family lived there until the coup d'état of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on 7 November 1987. Ben Ali refused to use the office of his predecessor and had a new one built, as well as another for his spouse Leïla Ben Ali.
He only uses the palace as a place of work, launching the construction of another palace to serve as his personal residence, although he sometimes resides in the apartments which he arranged, at the beginning of his presidency, in the private wing of the palace.
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Carthage Palace
Carthage Palace (Arabic: قصر قرطاج) is the presidential palace of Tunisia, and the official residence and seat of the President of Tunisia. It is located along the Mediterranean Sea at the current city of Carthage, near the archaeological site of the ancient city, fifteen kilometers from Tunis. A house by Le Corbusier sits within the site.
The palace complex has four parts: the palace proper, consisting of the central building and a private wing housing two apartments, a building for presidential security and two other buildings, one of which is used for common, administrative and financial services, and general.
Within the complex is the residence of the Swiss ambassador, a building ceded by Bourguiba after an attempted coup in 1962, as well as the archaeological site called "fountain with a thousand amphorae".
Originally, the palace park sheltered a residence of Mustapha Khaznadar. It became the property of an Italian (Mario Cignoni) in 1937. The residence was occupied by the Allies of World War II in 1943, then became the residence of the Secretary General of the Tunisian government, a French official responsible for controlling the ministers and the government of the Bey of Tunis.
Chosen by Bourguiba as the place of residence after the Essaâda palace in La Marsa, it replaced another palace in Carthage, located at the bottom of the hill, which was the main residence of the last bey of Tunis.
After the independence of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba built a palace there according to his ambitions and to the extent of his cult of personality. The Bourguiba collection of numerous works to the glory of the leader is found in the basement of the palace and shown on Tunisian television after the 2011 revolution. The palace was built by the Franco-Tunisian architect Olivier-Clément Cacoub, in three sections over a period spread from 1960 to 1969, in Arab-Andalusian architectural style. The palace complex covers a total area of 38 to 40 hectares.
During Bourguiba's presidency, the palace served as his residence and workplace. His family lived there until the coup d'état of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on 7 November 1987. Ben Ali refused to use the office of his predecessor and had a new one built, as well as another for his spouse Leïla Ben Ali.
He only uses the palace as a place of work, launching the construction of another palace to serve as his personal residence, although he sometimes resides in the apartments which he arranged, at the beginning of his presidency, in the private wing of the palace.