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 and
Justin Ponsard
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in the
Baroque Revival style.
After it caught fire in 1883, it was rebuilt from the ground up.
See also
*
Algiers Opera House
Algiers Opera House is an opera house in Ouled Fayet, Algiers, Algeria. It was built in 2016 by the Chinese government. The former opera house is the Algerian National Theater Mahieddine Bachtarzi
The Théâtre National Algérien Mahieddine Bac ...
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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