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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 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 ...
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]
Le problème de la torture dans la France d'aujourd'hui, 1954-1961. Paris: Cahiers de la république. Henri Pouillot (2001). La villa Susini: tortures en Algérie : un appelé parle, juin 1961-mars 1962. Paris: Éditions Tirésias. ISBN 9782908527889. Henri Pouillot (2004). Mon combat contre la torture. Paris: Éditions Bouchène. ISBN ...
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 National Museum of Fine Arts in Algiers (French: Musée national des Beaux-Arts d'Alger) is one of the largest art museums in Africa.Opened to the public since 5 May 1930, it is located in the Hamma district, next to the Hamma test garden.
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 ...
Dar Hassan Pacha is an 18th-century palace located in the Casbah of Algiers, Algeria.It was built in 1791 and used to belong to Hassan III Pasha, who signed a treaty with the US September 5, 1795. [2]