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At Sidi Hamdan are the ruins of a large Roman farm, dating from the 2nd century AD. The main activity appears to have been olive oil production, as there are the remains of no fewer than 29 olive presses.
The grandest house in Sidi Bou Said must surely be the Dar Ennejma Ezzahra, the former home of Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger, a weathy French musicologist, painter and patron of the arts. He moved to Sidi Bou Said in the early years of the 20th century and built this magnificent palace in neo-Moorish style between 1912 and 1922. It was he who proposed the 1912 bye-law obliging the owners of houses in the town to be painted white and cornflower-blue. His former home now houses a small museum of musical instruments, as well as the Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music. This photograph shows one of the outbuildings and part of the rock garden.
On the plain of Sidi al-Gharib are scattered a number of prehistoric engravings of animals (mostly bulls and cows) on flat stones on the ground. They are thought to date from between the 10th and 5th millennia BC.
Antres de viajar, nos dijeron que la ciudad de Sidi Bu Said también era conocida como la ciudad azul. No les faltaba razón.
A member of Sidi Toure's Band.
They had 2 of the 3 best workshops that I saw all weekend. They played well with others and always seemed so happy. Loved it!
The grandest house in Sidi Bou Said must surely be the Dar Ennejma Ezzahra, the former home of Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger, a weathy French musicologist, painter and patron of the arts. He moved to Sidi Bou Said in the early years of the 20th century and built this magnificent palace in neo-Moorish style between 1912 and 1922. It was he who proposed the 1912 bye-law obliging the owners of houses in the town to be painted white and cornflower-blue. His former home now houses a small museum of musical instruments, as well as the Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music.