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Algerian culture has been strongly influenced by Islam. The works of the Sanusi family in pre-colonial times, and of Emir Abdelkader and Sheikh Ben Badis in colonial times, are widely known. The Latin author Apuleius was born in Madaurus (Mdaourouch), in what later became Algeria.
The building's location was previously used by a logistical branch of the French military (manutention militaire), built during the Second French Empire.[1]The municipality had previously been located, from 1850 to 1883, in the Vieux Palais of the Casbah of Algiers; [2] and from 1883 to the mid-20th century on the Algiers waterfront, now Boulevard Zighoud-Youcef [], in the former Hôtel d ...
The Ministry of Culture and Arts (Arabic: وزارة الثقافة والفنون, French: Ministère de la Culture et des Arts) is the Algerian government ministry which oversees the protection and enhancement of Algeria's cultural heritage. Its head office is in Kouba, Algiers Province. [1]
The Casbah (Arabic: قصبة, qaṣba, meaning citadel) is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. In 1992, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proclaimed Kasbah of Algiers a World Cultural Heritage Site, as "There are the remains of the citadel, old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the remains of a ...
The history of the Palais des Rais dates back to 1576, when Dey Ramdan Pasha constructed Borj El-Rais (Tower of the Rais) to strengthen the defenses of the lower city. Over time, the site earned several names, including Qaa El-Sour, Sabaa El-Tabran, and Toubanet Arnaout, reflecting its defensive purpose and the artillery brought by Rais Yahia.
Islam reached Algeria in the 7th century via the Arab conquest of Northern Africa. [11] Islamic conquest brought many of the hallmark features of Muslim cities to Algeria, including the souq as a commercial center, the hammam as a social center, and the mosque and accompanying madrasa as a religious center. [1]
The Government Palace crowns the Boulevard Mohamed-Khemisti, a monumental perspective created in the early 20th century on former military grounds, which also includes the Grande Poste d'Alger. [4] The plaza or Forum in front of the Government Palace, formerly an open space but now closed to the public, [ 1 ] overlooks Algiers with a broad view ...
The villa was not a venue for the teaching of local artists, [3] this was provided already in the École supérieure des beaux-arts d'Alger established 1843. The same model of a bursary was later imitated again with the Prix d'Indochine for painters 1920–1939, although no equivalent villa was established in Asia, artists relied on ...