Souk El Kachachine
36°47′47″N 10°10′16″E / 36.796420°N 10.171199°E
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Plaque_m%C3%A9tallique_indiquant_le_souk_El_Kachachine_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86.jpg/220px-Plaque_m%C3%A9tallique_indiquant_le_souk_El_Kachachine_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86.jpg)
Souk El Kachachine is one of the souks of the medina of Tunis. It is specialized in selling second-hand clothes.
Location[edit]
It is located in the east of Al-Zaytuna Mosque, near souk El Nissa.[1]
History[edit]
The souk was founded during the Hafsid era between 1128 and 1535.[2]
Monuments[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Kachachine_Hammam_yellow_door.jpg/220px-Kachachine_Hammam_yellow_door.jpg)
Hammam El Kachachine is located in this souk.
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Ahmed Saadaoui, Tunis, ville ottomane : trois siècles d'urbanisme et d'architecture, Tunis, Centre de publication universitaire, 2001, 538 p. (ISBN 978-9973-37-023-5), p. 389
- ^ https://medneta.eu/sites/default/files/uploads/1_Historique_des_espaces_de_production_et_dechanges_dans_la_Medina_de_Tunis%20_Adnen%20el%20Ghali.pdf [bare URL PDF]