Name of Object:

Statue of Jules Ferry

Location:

Le Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Musée d’Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine de Kassar Saïd

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, Le Bardo, Tunis

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Iron, bronze

Provenance:

Avenue Jules-Ferry

Description:

This symbolic statue of the French protectorate in Tunisia was located in the centre of the European quarter, between the cathedral and the official residence of the French government, on the Avenue Jules Ferry, today renamed Avenue Habib-Bourguiba. This bronze statue, reaching around three metres in height, is one of the last surviving elements of a monument which had been dedicated to one of the most important thinkers of French imperialism.

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Statue of Jules Ferry" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;32;en

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 032