The Théâtre National Algérien Mahieddine Bachtarzi, formerly known as the Algiers Opera House, is a historic building in
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 ...
, Algeria. It was built from 1850 to 1853.
It was designed by architects
Charles Frédéric Chassériau
Baron Charles Frédéric Chassériau du Chiron (29 January 1802 – 11 January 1896) was a Saint Dominican architect and painter, who served as chief architect of the cities of Marseille, Algiers, in Algeria; and Cairo, in Egypt. He is partic ...
and
Justin Ponsard in the
Baroque Revival
The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France and Wilhelminism in Germany), was an architectural style of the late 19th century. The term is used to describe architecture and architectural sculptur ...
style.
After it caught fire in 1883, it was rebuilt from the ground up.
See also
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Algiers Opera House
References
External links
Official website
Buildings and structures completed in 1853
Buildings and structures in Algiers
Baroque Revival architecture in Algeria
Opera houses in Algeria
Theatres in Algeria
1853 establishments in Africa
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