The Jewish Hospital of Tunis (arabe : المستشفى الإسرائيلي بتونس) was a former
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hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
founded for the
Tunisian Jewish community. It was founded by Jewish doctors from
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
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It opened in 1895 at Place Halfaouine,
a suburb north of the
Medina of Tunis.
Housed in the
Khaznadar Palace
The Khaznadar Palace is a Tunisian palace in the neighborhood of Halfaouin. It is one of the palaces of the Medina of Tunis.
Localization
The palace is in the northeast of the Halfaouine square. It is located near two other landmarks, the ...
, it was dedicated to the Jews living in the
Hara Quarter of the Tunis Medina.
References
1895 establishments in the French colonial empire
Hospitals established in 1895
Hospitals in Tunisia
Defunct hospitals
Hospitals disestablished in 1956
Italian-Jewish culture in Tunisia
Jews and Judaism in Tunis
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