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December 28, 2018, at 12:15 p.m.: In the Virgile Room, a former bedroom in the Bey’s Palace, the opulence of the stuccoed dome and the ceramic wall tiles coexists with bullet holes in the display cases and walls. Management decided to preserve these bullet holes so that the terrible attack of March 18, 2015—which claimed 22 lives—would not be forgotten; today, they serve as a tourist attraction.© Images de Tunisie — watermarked preview

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December 28, 2018, at 12:15 p.m.: In the Virgile Room, a former bedroom in the Bey’s Palace, the opulence of the stuccoed dome and the ceramic wall tiles coexists with bullet holes in the display cases and walls. Management decided to preserve these bullet holes so that the terrible attack of March 18, 2015—which claimed 22 lives—would not be forgotten; today, they serve as a tourist attraction.

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CategoryVilles et Régions / Tunis and its suburbs / Le musée du Bardo
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Date taken2017
Photographer© Nicolas Fauqué / www.imagesd
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