Madrasa Hamzia
Madrasa Hamzia (Arabic: المدرسة الحمزية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. It was built in the 20th century by a rich bourgeois in order to host the University of Ez-Zitouna students coming from Mahdia, Tunisia.
Location
The madrasa is located in Souk El Attarine, between the Khaldounia and the madrasa Asfouria. It is very close to the Al-Zaytuna Mosque.
History
It was built in 1929 by Hassan Ben El Haj Hamza, a wealthy bourgeois from Mahdia, Tunisia.
It is the only madrasa in the medina of Tunis to host not only students but also teachers.
Evolution
Nowadays, the madrasa is managed by the Tunisian Ministry of Culture.
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Madrasas of Tunis
- Madrasa Al Habibia Al Kubra
- Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra
- Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra
- Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra
- Madrasa Al Jassoussia
- Madrasa Al Khaldounia
- Madrasa Asfouria
- Madrasa ash-Shamma'iya
- Madrasa Andaloussiya
- Madrasa Bir Lahjar
- Madrasa Caid Mourad
- Madrasa El Jedid
- Madrasa El Achouria
- Madrasa El Bachia
- Madrasa El Bechiria
- Madrasa El Kacemia
- Madrasa El Maghribia
- Madrasa El Mountaciriya
- Madrasa El Mettichia
- Madrasa El Tawfikia
- Madrasa El Unqiya
- Madrasa El Yusefiya
- Madrasa Ennakhla
- Madrasa Hamzia
- Madrasa Ibn Tafargine
- Madrasa Marjania
- Madrasa Mouradiyya
- Madrasa Salhia
- Madrasa Slimania
- Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ
- Madrasa of Zawiya El Bokria
- Part of Medina of Tunis
- WikiProject Tunisia
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