The Madrasa Thaalibia (; french: link=no, Médersa Thaâlibiyya), is a

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

located in Algiers, Algeria. It was founded on 17 October 1904 by

Charles Jonnart Charles Célestin Auguste Jonnart (27 December 1857 – 30 December 1927) was a French politician. Early years Born into a bourgeois family in Fléchin, Pas-de-Calais, Charles Jonnart was educated at Saint-Omer, then in Paris. Interested in the ...

and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centres of

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Architecture

The building of this

was designed by the architect (1856–1926). The style followed the

Moorish Revival architecture Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of Romanticist Orientalism. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-19th cen ...

under the guidance of Jonnart, Four domes flank the central dome, a vestibule and a

porch A porch (from Old French ''porche'', from Latin ''porticus'' "colonnade", from ''porta'' "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and form ...

open between the two domes of the main façade. All the walls are lined, halfway up, with paneled earthenware

faience Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip of a lead glaze, was a major ad ...

and

tiles Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or o ...

. For about fifty years since 1954, the building no longer has its vocation as a higher establishment for Medersians.

Teachers

* Abdelhalim Bensmaia *

Mohamed Bencheneb Mohamed Bencheneb (26 October 18695 February 1929) was an Algerian professor, writer and historian.. Biography Born in 1869 to parents of Turkish origin,. Bencheneb became a teacher from 1889, mastering several languages, in addition to Arabic a ...

* * * * Abderrazak Ashraf * Mohamed Saïd Ben Zekri

Students

Omar Racim Omar Racim (1884–1959) was an Algerian artist who founded the Algerian school of miniature painting in 1939, alongside his brother Mohammed Racim. Racim also founded the nationalist journals ''Al Djazair'' in 1908, ''Al Farouq'' in 1913, and '' ...

Si Kaddour Benghabrit Abdelkader Ben Ghabrit (; 1 November 1868 – 24 June 1954), commonly known as Si Kaddour Benghabrit () was an Algerian religious leader, translator and interpreter who worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was the first rector of ...

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Noureddine Abdelkader Nur al-Din ( ar, translit=nūr ad-dīn, نور الدين) is a male Arabic given name, translating to "light of the religion", ''nūr'' meaning "light" and ''dīn'' meaning "religion". More recently, the name has also been used as a surname. There ...

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