Diocesan Library of Tunis
| Diocesan Library of Tunis | |
|---|---|
Religious science Social science Tunis culture | |
| Size | 50,000 |
The Diocesan Library of Tunis (
Location
The library is located on Sidi Saber (
History
After the closure of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition's school in 1999, the Archbishop of Tunis Fouad Twal entrusted father Francisco Donayre with the project of creating the library. After restoring the building, the library opened in January 2001.
Collection
The library has over 50,000 volumes focused on
The collection includes books from a former Major Seminary of Tunis, which closed in 1964, and the collection of an abbot Jean-Marie Guillemaud.[2]
The library contains books in Arabic, several European languages, and ancient languages such as
Associations and partnerships
A French organization called Partnership Between Mediterranean Cultures, located in Aurillac, France, supports the library. The Tunisian Association of Cartagena cooperates regularly with the library to organize various social and cultural activities, and it has permanent contact with the Carthage Studies Center and the Institute of Arab Literature in Tunis.
References
- ^ Dornier, Francois (2000). Les Catholiques en Tunisie au fil des ans. Tunis: Finzi Press. pp. 400–401.
- ^ "Un trimestre à la Bibliothèque Diocésaine". Lavigerie. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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