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Government Palace (Algiers)
The Government Palace ( ar, قصر الحكومة, french: Palais du Gouvernement), known before 1962 as ''Gouvernement général'', is the office of the Prime Minister of Algeria and a major public building in Algiers. At the time of its inauguration in 1933, with a surface of 33,000 m2, it was the largest administrative building of the entire French state. History The project to build a new seat for the government of French Algeria was formulated in the context of the 100th anniversary of the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. The complex was built between 1929 and 1934 on a design by architect Jacques Guiauchain, the grandson of one of French Algeria's first colonial architects, , and eventually inaugurated in 1933. It encloses an entertainment and cinema venue, the , which was built in 1929 and is now named after Ibn Khaldun. The building was ransacked by a mob on , during the May 1958 crisis. On , newly arrived Prime Minister of France Charles de Gaulle gave a major speech f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mouradia Palace
El Mouradia Palace ( ar, قصر المرادية, french: palais d'El Mouradia) is the office and residence of the President of Algeria. It is located in the neighborhood of El Mouradia on the hills overlooking Algiers. "El Mouradia" is also widely used as shorthand for the Algerian President's office. History The first president of independent Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, set up his offices at the Summer Palace formerly used by French governors, but lived at . It was there that he was arrested during Houari Boumédiène's 1965 coup. The latter, upon becoming president, didn't want to settle in either the Government Palace, which was built by the French, nor the Summer Palace with its echoes of both the Ottoman and French eras; instead, he chose to install the presidency a little higher in the district of El Mouradia, which was named after the martyr Didouche Mourad. He had a palace built there in the Moorish Revival architecture style. The site also suited his preference for secrec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Palace (Algiers)
The People's Palace ( ar, قصر الشعب, french: Palais du Peuple), formerly Palais d'été ("Summer Palace" of the Governor), is a public building in Algiers. It was first built in the Ottoman Algeria, Ottoman era, then became the residence of the List of French governors of Algeria, Governor of French Algeria, and was the seat of government during the first three years of Independent Algeria (1962-1965). Its current appearance dates of the colonial period. The palace is believed to have been first built between 1798 and 1805. It was the country home of Mustapha Khodja el Kheil, a minister of the Dey. It became an army barracks following the French conquest of Algeria, from 1830 to 1846. It was expanded from 1846, and around 1865 was used as the seat of the governor during the summer season. During the winter season, the governor resided in the also known as Dar Hassan Pacha, on the northern side of Saint-Philip Cathedral (now the Ketchaoua Mosque) in the Casbah of Algiers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palace Of The Council Of The Nation (Algiers)
The Palace of the Council of the Nation is the home of the Council of the Nation, the upper house of the Algerian Parliament, in Algiers, Algeria. It is located on on the Algiers waterfront. History The building was built in 1865 on a design by architects Louis Clovis Lefèvre and , as the home of the Algiers tax and post office (french: hôtel du trésor et des postes). Between 1912 and 1920, it was comprehensively remodeled by architect Gabriel Darbéda, who also worked on the Summer Palace at the same time, in order to host the , a limited-purpose assembly with power over local fiscal affairs but no broad legislative mandate. Between 1948 and 1956 the , which succeeded the délégations financières, was located in the building. The building has been the home of the Council of the Nation since its establishment in 1997, after decades of unicameralism following the Algerian War and the country's independence in 1962. In the 2010s, plans were considered to relocate the Counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's National Assembly Building (Algiers)
The People's National Assembly building is a public building in Algiers and home of Algeria's People's National Assembly. It was designed in 1934 and inaugurated in 1951 as a new city hall for the Greater Algiers, and repurposed following the country's independence in 1962. Background The building's location was previously used by a logistical branch of the French military (), built during the Second French Empire. The municipality had previously been located, from 1850 to 1883, in the of the Casbah of Algiers; and from 1883 to the mid-20th century on the Algiers waterfront, now , in the former building that still hosts the Casbah municipality. History In 1934, an architectural competition was held to build a new city hall for the expanding metropolis of Algiers. The competition's winners, the Paris-based brothers Edouard and in a team with local architect Jean-Louis Ferlié, designed a compact building in late Art Deco or Stripped Classicism style. The building was subst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial To The Liberation Of Algeria
The Memorial to the Liberation of Algeria is a brutalist monument on Boulevard Mohamed-Khemisti in Algiers. It was designed in 1978 by Algerian visual artist M'hamed Issiakhem, as Algiers was preparing to host the 1978 All-Africa Games. The memorial incorporates an earlier sculpted group from the French colonial era, formerly known as the ''monument aux morts'' or ''Le Pavois'' (referring to a shield used to carry somebody on high), no longer visible but still extant beneath a concrete casing. History ''Le Pavois'' was designed by architects Maurice Gras et and sculptors Paul Landowski and , winners of the public design competition in 1920, and inaugurated on . It featured a winged Victory evoking Marianne between a French poilu and an Algerian spahi, all three on horseback and together holding a shield (french: pavois) on which rests the body of a fallen World War I combatant. Additional figures included two women and two old men on the monument's back, intended to symboli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries: they are generally supported by taxes (usually local, though any level of government can and may contribute); they are governed by a board to serve the public interest; they are open to all, and every community member can access the collection; they are entirely voluntary, no one is ever forced to use the services provided and they provide library and information services services without charge. Public libraries exist in many countries across the world and are often considered an essential part of having an educated and literate population. Public libraries are distinct from research library, research libraries, school library, school libraries, academic library, academic librar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande Poste D'Alger
The Algiers Central Post Office, ( ar, بريد الجزائر المركزي, french: Grande Poste d'Alger) is an office building for postal services located on Boulevard Mohamed-Khemisti, Alger Centre municipality in Algiers, Algeria. It was designed by architect Jules Voinot and Marius Toudoire. and was constructed in 1910. It is Algeria's largest post office building, In 2015, the state turned it into a museum. (in French). Retrieved October 18, 2019 Image Gallery See a ...
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Boulevard Mohamed-Khemisti
The Boulevard Mohamed-Khemisti, named after former foreign minister Mohamed Khemisti, is a major artery and public space in Algiers. Geography The boulevard runs upwards from east to west, starting near the seashore and ending at the esplanade in front of the Government Palace. It is divided into three sections: a northern boulevard, a middle section of plazas and gardens, and a southern boulevard. The middle section comprises, going from east to west: the , a middle square, known as ; and on the slope, the , named after a floral clock, which houses the Memorial to the Liberation of Algeria. The area is served by the Tafourah - Grande Poste station of the Algiers Metro. History The boulevard was created on the location of former fortifications built by the French colonial regime following the destruction of the eastern ramparts of the city at the level of the fort of Bab Azoun and the extension of the urbanization in the direction of the suburb of Agha. It was then named for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algerian War
The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence,( ar, الثورة الجزائرية '; '' ber, Tagrawla Tadzayrit''; french: Guerre d'Algérie or ') and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November, was fought between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (french: Front de Libération Nationale – FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare and war crimes. The conflict also became a civil war between the different communities and within the communities. The war took place mainly on the territory of Algeria, with repercussions in metropolitan France. Effectively started by members of the National Liberation Front (FLN) on 1 November 1954, during the ("Red All Saints' Day"), the conflict led to serious political crises in France, causing the fall of the Fourth Republic (1946–58), to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Algeria
The prime minister of Algeria is the head of government of Algeria. Aymen Benabderrahmane has been the prime minister since 30 June 2021. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Algeria, along with other ministers and members of the government that the new prime minister recommends. The People's National Assembly must approve the legislative program of the new government or the Assembly is dissolved and the prime minister must resign. There are no constitutional limits on a prime minister's term. The longest-serving prime minister was Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, who served under President Chadli Bendjedid from 8 March 1979 until 22 January 1984. He served as the first prime minister since 1963, when the position was abolished. Office See also * Politics of Algeria * President of Algeria References Algeria, Prime Minister of Politics of Algeria Government of Algeria Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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