At the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889, Tunisia was represented in the exhibition parc by several connected pavilions with the character of a village instead of one single edifice. It was the first time that Tunis was represented as a French colony at an Exposition Universelle in Paris. The French architect Henri Saladin was commissioned with the planning of the architecture of the Tunisian pavilion.
The main pavilion structured around a large courtyard assembled replications of several Tunisian buildings. The central three-arched porch supposedly was referencing the interior facades of the Bardo Palace, the structure on the right resembled the Souk-el-Bey in Tunis, and the one on the left was reproducing the Koubba in the Sidi-ben-Arouz mosque (Salvari, 1890, p. 30). A domed mosque was inspired by the Okba mosque in Kairouan, while the minaret resembled the one from the Sidi-ben-Arouz mosque in Tunis (p. 32). These replicas of monuments were accompanied by several smaller pavilions like a souk with various stores, the Pavillon de l’Exposition des Fôrets de Tunis, or the Maison du Djérid showcasing an Arab interior animated by mannequins in local clothing (p. 52/83).

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