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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 substa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussein Dey (commune)
Hussein Dey is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria, named after Hussein Dey, the last of the Ottoman provincial rulers of Algiers. Notable people * Mohamed Arkab Mohamed Arkab (born 19 February 1966) is an Algerian politician who is serving as Minister of Energy since 22 February 2021. Biography Arkab was born in 1966 and is from the village of Aït Salah in the municipality of Ammal in the Boumerdès ... (born 1966) References Suburbs of Algiers Communes of Algiers Province {{Algiers-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Algiers
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Buildings
A legislative building is a building in which a legislature sits and makes laws for its respective Polity, political entity. The term used for the building varies between the political entities, such as "building", "capitol", "hall", "house", or "palace". National Africa Americas Asia Europe Dependencies Oceania Supranational Europe Sub-national Australia Canada New Zealand Portugal United Kingdom United States References {{DEFAULTSORT:Legislative buildings Legislative buildings, * Lists of government buildings Legislatures-related lists, Buildings ... [...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 secrecy. ... [...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 era, then became the residence of the 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. Its last significant expansion, designed by archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in France, May 1958 crisis. On , newly arrived Prime Minister of France Charles de Gaul ... [...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 Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Fusillés Station
Les Fusillés is a transfer station serving the Line 1 of the Algiers Metro and is the western terminus of the Algiers tramway The Algiers Tramway ( ar, ترامواي الجزائر العاصمة, ''Tramwāy al-Jazā'ir al-`Āṣimah'', "Algiers Capital Tramway") is a tram system which commenced service on 8 May 2011 in the Algerian capital, Algiers. By June 2012, the o .... References External links Algiers Metro SiteLigne 1 Algiers Metroon Structurae {{DEFAULTSORT:Les Fusilles Station Algiers Metro stations located underground Railway stations opened in 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques de l'Algérie (web). and in 2020 was estimated to be around 4,500,000. Algiers is located on the Mediterranean Sea and in the north-central portion of Algeria. Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. The modern part of the city is built on the level ground by the seashore; the old part, the ancient city of the deys, climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the Casbah or citadel (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), above the sea. The casbah and the two quays form a triangle. Names The city's name is derived via French and Catalan ''Origins of Algiers'' by Louis Leschi, speech delivered June 16, 1941, published in ''El Djezair Sheets'', July 194History of Algeria . from the Arabic name '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of The Nation
The Council of the Nation ( ar, مجلس الأمة, Majlis al-Ummah) is the upper house of the Algerian Parliament. It is composed of 144 members, 2/3 of which are elected indirectly and 1/3 of which are appointed by the president of Algeria. Abdelkader Bensalah was elected as President of the Council of the Nation on July 2, 2002, re-elected on January 11, 2007 and January 10, 2008. Zohra Drif was elected as Vice President of the Council of the Nation on September 10, 2002, re-elected on March 7, 2007 and March 8, 2008. They were last elected on 5 February 2022. Composition The Council has 144 members: *96 indirectly elected in secret ballot (2/3) *48 appointed by the President of the Republic (1/3) Elections There are 48 dual-member constituencies (two seats) corresponding to the number of wilayas (departments) of the country. The election shall be by majority vote in two rounds by and from an electoral college composed of elected popular wilaya assemblies and communal p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stripped Classicism
Stripped Classicism (or "Starved Classicism" or "Grecian Moderne") Jstor is primarily a 20th-century Classical architecture, classicist architectural style stripped of most or all Ornament (art), ornamentation, frequently employed by governments while designing official buildings. It was adapted by both totalitarian and democracy, democratic regimes. The style embraces a "simplified but recognizable" classicism in its overall massing and scale while eliminating traditional decorative detailing. The orders of architecture are only hinted at or are indirectly implicated in the form and structure. Despite its etymological similarity, Stripped Classicism is sometimes distinguished from "Starved Classicism", the latter "displaying little feeling for rules, proportions, details, and finesse, and lacking all verve and élan". At other times the terms "stripped" and "starved" are used interchangeably. Stripped Classicism was a materialistic manifestation of 'political' modernism. Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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