- Le Bardo
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footnotes =Le Bardo (also Bārdaw, Bardaw, and Bardois) is a
Tunisia n city west ofTunis . As of 2004, the population is 73,953.Built by the
Hafsid dynasty in the 15th century, Bardo became a residence of the Tunis court in the 18th century. With the arrival of Husseinitebey s, Bardo became a political, intellectual and religious center. The ancient beys residence was actually the site of the Tunisian National Assembly siege, and the National Museum opened there in 1882.The city gave its name to the
Treaty of Bardo , signed in nearby Ksar Saïd palace, which placed Tunisia under Frenchprotectorate in 1881.External links
* [http://www.di.com.tn/museebardo/ Bardo Museum]
*Geolinks-cityscale|36.8092|10.1406
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