Crossing the Siaghine street, you reach the Petit Socco, or the heart of the city, surrounded by coffee shops and hotels and where all the transactions of that time were made with all the currencies of the world, cosmopolitan par excellence and place of appointment of celebrities of all kinds. We could meet there writers like Paul Bowels, painters like Delacroix and Matisse, and – later – Jean Genet, the Rollins Stones, Liz Taylor, the Beatles, knowing that this list is not exhaustive. This is the place where Zahia Palace is located.