{"id":1863,"date":"2020-07-28T18:32:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T17:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intunis.net\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2020-08-25T16:43:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T15:43:17","slug":"leglise-sainte-croix-de-tunis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2021.intunis.net\/fr\/leglise-sainte-croix-de-tunis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sainte-Croix \u00c9glise de Tunis"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sainte-Croix<\/div>

Rue Jemaa Zitouna, between Bab Bhar and Jemaa Zitouna<\/p>\n

ARCHITECTURE<\/p>\n

The building is 12,85 meter wide, and 34 meters long. The length of the building increased by 10 m from 24 meters before the first renovation in 1865. As well three chapels and the sacristy were added.<\/p>\n

The clock tower<\/a> is an example of one the first uses in Tunisia of prefabricated panels made of reinforced concrete. The fa\u00e7ades have preserved some details of the neo-classical architecture.<\/p>\n

TIMELINE<\/p>\n

2002 – 2019 | The restoration works were done in two phases: the consolidation of the building started in 2002 and was completed in 2004, the second phase for completion and decoration started in 2014. <\/p>\n

After its closure<\/a>, the Sainte-Croix church was used as a dependency for municipal services, and its presbytery was made available to theater companies, and also to some craftsmen’s commercial premises as well as for families.<\/p>\n

1964 | Desacralization, owned by the Tunisian government\t<\/p>\n

1848 | The complex was restored and enlarged but lost its function as a place of worship following the construction of the St. Vincent de Paul Cathedral in Tunis, which replaced the temporary cathedral erected in 1882.<\/p>\n

1832 | The complex became a hospice.<\/p>\n

1662 | Consisting of a presbytery and a church, the Holy Cross Complex was built in 1662 by foreign Christians living in Tunis and, until the end of the 18th\/early 19th century, it was the only existing Christian parish in Tunisia.
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