The Persian house

Collection title

Houses and ideas

ID

TUN00119

Source

TT (TN)

First broadcast date

08/18/2011

Production year

2011

Abstract

A new edition of the documentary “Houses and ideas”, a new theme with a new monument: "Dar Farisiyya" or “the Persian house”. Its architectural specificity distinguishes it from all the other Tunisian monuments: its design was inspired from the style of Ancient Persia, where its name comes from. It is located in Bardo suburbs and was built during in 1900. It was first the siege of the Italian embassy. In the 30s, the American Consulate settled there. Through this documentary, we discover the different spaces, in and out, of the house, highlighting the specificity of its decoration and the unity of its ornaments. The documentary also presents the activities of the traditional factories, following the example of the factory "Jacob Chamla" who decorated the house of the Bahlawene, with unique paintings. The camera of the program filmed every corner of the house, thus showing the high technical nature of the design, the splendid Persian ornaments, along with distinctive furniture.

Type

video

Production companies

• Tunisian TV - Own production

Broadcaster

Télévision Tunisienne - Télévision Tunisienne 1

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Society and way of life

Secondary themes

• Tourism and cultural sites / Architecture

Credits / Cast

• Ben Slama Kamel - Speaker
• Dridi Ahmed Ridha - Director

Period of events

• 2011

Map locations

• Tunisia - North - Bardo

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

12m51