FRONT DE MER AND NOTRE DAME

ALGIERS- OCTOBER 2009


"GRAND POSTE - The Great Post Office building, with its neo-Moorish façade, was inaugurated in 1913"


"GARE D'ALGER - The Railway Station"


"PORT - The harbour of Algiers has a development and modernization plan spreading until 2015"


"FRONT DE MER - WATERFRONT"


"ESPLANADE"


"CHAMBER OF COMMERCE"


"FISHING DOCKS"



"NOTRE DAME DES AFRIQUES - The basilica of Algiers, located on the north side of Algiers, on a 124m cliff overlooking the Bay, was inaugurated in 1872, after fourteen years of construction. Built in a Neo-Byzantine style, it can be considered to be a counter piece to the church of Notre-Dame de la Garde on the other side of the Mediterranean, in Marseille"


"FOOTBALL"



"PANORAMA"

VIEWS, PALACES & GARDENS

ALGIERS - OCTOBER 2009


"MODERN ARGEL"


"PALACE OF THE RAÏS - BASTION 23 - The Palace is one of the most important historic monuments of Algiers and is a witness of the connection of the Casbah with the sea in the Ottoman era. The complex includes three palaces and six houses""


"FROM WITHIN TO OUTSIDE"


"CEILINGS, ARCHES & TILES"


"PATIO"


"VIEWS FROM THE TERRACE"


"HOTEL EL AURASSI - In the far distance..."


"VIEWS FROM THE EL AURASSI"


"SALE"


"JARDIN D'ESSAI - BOTANICAL GARDEN - Created in 1832, it was renewed from 2001 through 2009"


"GARDEN VIEWS - Including the National Museum of Fine Arts"


"MUSEUM - VIEWS - And Algiers by night..."

CASBAH, INTERIORS AND MECHOUI...

ALGIERS - OCTOBER 2009

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CASBAH


"CASBAH - The Casbah (meaning citadel) is, according to Wikipedia, «specifically the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it». Built on a hill over the ruins of old Icosium, the Casbah is a small city divided in two: the High city and the Low city"


"VIEWS OF THE CASBAH"


"VIEWS FROM THE CASBAH"


"SHOP"


"STREETS OF ALGIERS"

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INTERIORS


"ETNOGRAPHY - A traditional Algerian home may be visited to see how life was in the old times"


"DECORATION"


"PATIO"


"PAINTINGS AND MUSIC"


"CROWN"


"ANTIQUES' MUSEUM"


"OFFICE BUILDING"

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DINNER


"RESIDENCE"


"MECHOUI - With music..."

ALGIERS - HOTEL AND MORE...

ALGIERS - OCTOBER 2009

Located on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea, Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria and the Maghreb. It is known as Algiers the white, due to its white buildings rising up from the sea.


"HOTEL - A great deal of time is spent in hotels..."


"SUNRISE - For once..."


"PERFECT!"


"MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING..."


"UNDER THE MOON"


"GETTING OUT"


"REVOLUTION DAY - On November 1st, it celebrates the beginning of the fight for independence from France in 1954. Flags are everywhere"


"ALGIERS - Old and new..."


"PARABOLIC ANTENNAS"


"WHITE ALGIERS"



"THE MARTYRS MEMORIAL - Opened in 1982, on the 20th anniversary of Algeria's independence, it commemorates the Algerian war for its independence"