Souk Edabaghine

Metal sign indicating the Tanners Street or 'Souk Edabaghine'

A view of Tanners Street

Souk Edabaghine (Arabic: سوق الدباغين‎‎; English: Tanners market), is one of the souks of the medina of Tunis. It is called Edabaghine, the Arabic word for tanners, because it was specialized in leather tanning.

Since this was considered a polluting industry, the souk was located at the outskirts of the medina. The souk connects Mongi Slim Street, previously named Street of Maltese, and Rome Street.

When the tanning industry disappeared, antique and used book sellers in all languages and on all subjects, took over the souk. Today there are about twenty book sellers.

Notes and references

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

External links

Karem Yehia (1 April 2015). "Tournée à souk Al-Dabaghine". hebdo.ahram.org.eg (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2016.

Souks of Tunis

Souk Al Asr Souk Ech-Chaouachine Souk Edabaghine Souk El Attarine Souk El Bechmak Souk El Berka Souk El Bey Souk El Blaghgia Souk El Blat Souk El Fekka Souk El Grana Souk El Jedid Souk El Kébabgia Souk El Kmach Souk El Koutbiya Souk El Leffa Souk El Marr Souk El Nissa Souk El Trouk Souk En Nhas Souk Es Sabbaghine Souk Es Sarragine

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Coordinates: 36°48′03″N 10°10′36″E / 36.8009°N 10.1768°E / 36.8009; 10.1768

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