Former British Consulate in Tunis

	The building in 2020
General information
Type	Consulate
Architectural style	Moorish revival
Address	Victory Square
Town or city	Tunis
Country	Tunisia
Coordinates	36.799361°N 10.175484°E
Completed	1914

The former British Consulate is a building that housed the United Kingdom consulate in Tunis, Tunisia, later upgraded to an embassy, following Tunisia's independence in 1956. It is located on Victory Square (formerly Place de la Bourse), adjacent to the medina of Tunis.

Plaque commemorating the building's use as a consulate and embassy

History

Diplomatic relations between the Regency of Tunis and the United Kingdom began in 1662, with the signing of a peace treaty.[1]

The first consulate building was erected in the seventeenth century. It was replaced by a second, in European style, in the early nineteenth century.[1]

The building on Victory Square was erected in 1914, in a Moorish revival style.[2]

In 2003, the embassy moved to the Berges du Lac and the former consulate building was returned to the Tunisian state.[1]

References

Adnen El Ghali (2015). La routes des consuls: les territoires de la diplomatie à Tunis (in French). Paris: Les Points sur les i. p. 27. ISBN 978-2-35930-127-4.
Piaton, Claudine; Hueber, Juliette (2010). Tunis: architectures 1860-1960. Tunis: Elyzad. p. 79. ISBN 978-2-918371-08-3.

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[AEG-1] Adnen El Ghali (2015). La routes des consuls: les territoires de la diplomatie à Tunis (in French). Paris: Les Points sur les i. p. 27. ISBN 978-2-35930-127-4.

[2] Piaton, Claudine; Hueber, Juliette (2010). Tunis: architectures 1860-1960. Tunis: Elyzad. p. 79. ISBN 978-2-918371-08-3.