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Tlemcen was a vacation spot and retreat for French settlers in Algeria, who found it far more temperate than Oran or Algiers. The city adapted and became more cosmopolitan, with a unique outlook on art and culture, and its architecture and urban life evolved to accommodate this new sense.
The Ifranid Emirate of Tlemcen [3] or Ifranid Kingdom of Tlemcen, [4] [5] [6] was a Kharijite state, [7] [5] founded by Berbers of the Banu Ifran in the eighth century, [8] with its capital at Tlemcen in modern Algeria.
Zayyanid architecture originated in the Kingdom of Tlemcen between the 13th and 16th centuries in the northwestern region of present-day Algeria. It is a continuation of the western Islamic architectural traditions , often known as the "Hispano-Moresque style," with elements that were further developed to create distinctive designs lasting for ...
Mechouar Palace (Arabic: قصر المشور) or the Zianide Royal Palace is the former official residence of the Zayyanid dynasty in the city of Tlemcen, Algeria.The palace is situated in the middle of the city, and used to be part of the greater Mechouar Citadel (Arabic: قلعة المشور) of which the historic defensive walls are the only major element preserved. [1]
Originating in western Algeria in the early 1900s as a combination of popular music and traditional Bedouin desert music, [13] it emerged as a major world-music genre in the 1980s. [14] It is a pop-flavored, opinionated take on folk music , performed by internationally-known talent such as Khaled and Cheb Mami .
The Kingdom of Tlemcen or Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen (Arabic: الزيانيون) was a kingdom ruled by the Berber Zayyanid dynasty [3] [4] in what is now the northwest of Algeria. Its territory stretched from Tlemcen to the Chelif bend and Algiers , and at its zenith reached Sijilmasa and the Moulouya River in the west, Tuat to the south and ...
The Zayyanid dynasty or Ziyanids (Arabic: زيانيون, Ziyānyūn) or Abd al-Wadids (Arabic: بنو عبد الواد, Bānu ʿabd āl-Wād) was a Berber Zenata [1] [2] [3] dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen, mainly in modern Algeria centered on the town of Tlemcen in northwest Algeria. The Zayyanid dynasty's rule lasted from 1235 to ...
The mosque is a part of the historic Mechouar Castle which has a significant place in the history of the Kingdom of Tlemcen. The mosque contributed greatly to the intellectual development of Tlemcen. It was one of the main sights during the selection of Tlemcen as the Capital of Islamic Culture in 2011. [1] [2]