Sidi Bou Said

Sidi Bou Said (Arabic: سيدي بو سعيد‎) is a toun in northren Tunisie (it is locatit ae 20 km frae the caipital o Tunisie, Tunis).

Sidi Bou Said
Toun
Port o Sidi Bou Said
Sidi Bou Said Location in Tunisie
Coordinates: 36°52′N 10°20′E
Country	Tunisie
Govrenorate	Tunis Govrenorate
Population  (2004)
• Total	5,409
Time zone	UTC1 (CET)

The toun got its name for a Muslim releegious figure who lived there, Abou Said ibn Khalef ibn Yahia Ettamini el Beji (afore he came alang, it wis cawed Jabal el-Menar). The toun itself is a tourist attraction as it is kent for the extensive uise o blue an white colors aw ower the toun. Aw kynds o souvenirs (some no even remotely connectit tae Sidi Bou Said an sometimes no tae Tunisie itself) can be bought in the main street. While stayin in Sidi Bou Said for a few days is no common, tourists frae Hammamet an ither tourist touns uisually come tae Sidi Bou Said. It can be reached bi a TGM train, which runs frae Tunis tae La Marsa.

Airtists

Sidi Bou Said is still unner reputation as a toun o artists. Mony famous artists lived there or visitit Sidi Bou Said. Maist famous is probably Paul Klee. Ither European airtists include Gustave-Henri Jossot, August Macke, Saro Lo Turco an Louis Moillet. Tunisian airtists in Sidi Bou Said are members o École de Tunis (paintin schuil o Tunis). Maist famous are Yahia Turki, Brahim Dhahak an Ammar Farhat.

History

• 12t century/13th century AD Abou Said ibn Khalef ibn Yahia Ettamini el Beji comes tae the village o Jabal el-Menar an establishes a sanctuary. Efter he dees in 1231, he wis buried there.
• 18t century Turkish governors o Tunis an wealthy citizens o Tunis build residences in Sidi Bou Said.
• 1920s Baron Rodolphe d’Erlanger applies the blue-white theme aw ower the toun.

Popular tourist destinations near Sidi Bou Said

• Kairouan (Al-Qayrawān, القيروان)
• Tunis (Tūnis, تونس)
• Hammamet (Al-Ḥammāmāt) (الحمامات)
• Carthage (قرطاج)

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  View over the roofs/terrasses
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  View over the roofs/terrasses
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  Typical house
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  traditional Moucharabieh
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  Small street in Sidi Bou Saïd
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  main street with souvenir shop
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  Cemetery of Sidi Bou Saïd
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  Sidi Bou Saïd at nicht

References

• History of Sidi Bou Said Archived 2006-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
• About Sidi Bou Said in general
• Lexicorient Archived 2012-12-30 at the Wayback Machine