The Tourbet El Bey is a royal Mausolée located in the Médina of Tunis (Tunisia).

Mausoleum of the Dynasty of the Husseinites, built under the reign of Ali II Bey, it is the vastest monument of Tunis as the dome S attest some which dominate the yellow frontage of sandstone. They correspond to the various funerary rooms which shelter the Tombe S of the sovereigns, their families and some their ministers.

Inside, one is approached by the freshness concerning the places as by the apparent disorder in the provision of the tomb stones which block the passage. The walls are covered with Céramique in tons orange and yellow and only the room of the sovereigns having reigned is richly decorated with polychrome Marbre of style Italy N.

The Sarcophage S of the men are characterized by prismatic posts with inscriptions capped with a tarbouche or a Turban. Those of the women are recognizable with the marble plates laid out with each end.

The last two sovereigns of the dynasty, Moncef Bey and Rolls Bey, are buried respectively in the cemetery of Djellaz of Tunis and in a cemetery of Marsa.

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