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superimposed basins and topped with a spire adorned with a crescent. Several doors open onto this vast courtyard: one of these
Moorish-style doors is made of marbles of various colors The Bey often receives in a vast gallery of Moorish style with stained glass windows of a thousand colors, which contribute to giving the arabesques of the ceiling and walls a fantastic appearance.
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The major reconstruction, expansion, and embellishment work carried out by
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When a foreigner arrives in La Marsa, everything tells him and makes him feel that he is approaching the residence of an
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While on the ground floor, the architecture of the dependencies follows the rules of traditional
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When one has permission to pass through the palace gate, there is a spacious first courtyard, paved in white marble, and remarkably clean. Rare birds roam freely, and charming little gazelles are completely familiar. In the center of this courtyard is a large alabaster fountain with three
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or Moors in grand costumes; European consuls in their carriages; foreigners, travelers, not to mention caravans of Arabs, Maltese, Jews; or camels, mule drivers, and all kinds of teams coming and going from Tunis to La Marsa.
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were signed in the palace. This treaty provided that France would repay
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