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Abdellia Palace

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Abdellia Palace (Arabic: قصر العبدلية) is a palace located in La Marsa, a town in the northern suburbs of the capital of Tunisia, Tunis.

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View of the Abdellia Palace

It is built in 1500 (905 AH)[1] by Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV al-Mutawakkil when he was in power.[2] In the 17th and 18th century it became a summer residence for the Muradids and Husainids and a fortified shelter from external threats.[1]

Among personalities who inhabited the palace, Mahmud ibn Muhammad (1814–1824), his son Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud and the British consuls Richard Wood and Thomas Reade can be cited.[3]

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    Palace gate
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    Palace patio
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    Interior view
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