Place des Martyrs is a transfer station serving the Line 1 of the

Algiers Metro The Algiers Metro ( ar, مترو الجزائر العاصمة, french: Métro d'Alger) is a rapid transit system that serves Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Originally designed in the 1970s, it opened in 2011 after decades of delays due to ...

. It was inaugurated on 9 April 2018 by President

Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ar, عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as President of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019 ...

Etymology

The Place des Martyrs metro station is also, in the opinion of specialists, an important step in the implementation of preventive archeology that has combined archaeological heritage and land use planning as part of the efforts to make from the capital a modern city. it is historic because of its location in the area of the ancient city of Ikosim which contains a rich archaeological heritage. With an area of 8,000 m2, the Place des Martyrs was, before the advent of colonialism, a political and commercial center: hence the archaeological discoveries gradually brought to light. these are archaeological remains scattered over some 1,500 m2 and four (4) strata representing different periods of the history of the city of

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 ...

. the visitor can see today at the Place des Martyrs the emerging part of these excavations, in this case an Ottoman city on an area of 750 m², while other vestiges remain buried pending an appropriate development.

Gallery

File:Photo place des martyrs station 16042018 001.jpg, Platform of the metro station Place des Martyrs d'Alger. File:Photo_place_des_martyrs_station_16042018_007.jpg, Hall ticketing station. File:Photo place des martyrs station 16042018 006.jpg, Platforms seen from the mezzanine. File:Photo place des martyrs station 16042018 008.jpg, Station furniture. File:Photo place des martyrs station 16042018 005.jpg, Station platform. File:Photo place des martyrs station 16042018 004.jpg, Station platform. File:Photo place des martyrs station 16042018 003.jpg, Station platform. File:Photo place des martyrs station 16042018 002.jpg, Station platform. File:Photo place des martyrs station 16042018 009.jpg, Main entrance of the station Place des Martyrs metro Algiers. File:Photo place des martyrs station 16042018 010.jpg, View of the main access of the station Place des Martyrs metro Algiers.

References

External links

Algiers Metro Site

Ligne 1 Algiers Metro
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