Caption
View of the Djamaa Ketchaoua and the Dar Hassan Pacha in Algiers, Alger, Cathédrale et Palais d'hiver du Gouverneur, photomechanical print, address: '...ue Bab-Azoun ALGER', number: '569', photographer: Alexandre Leroux, Algiers, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1875 - c. 1900, Alexandre Leroux, photographer, cliché maker, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 318 mm x width 246 mm, temple, shrine, Islam, Mohammedanism, palace, Djama'a Ketchaoua, Kasbah of Algiers, Dar Hassan Pacha, A large stone building with ornate arched doorways and wide steps leading up to an entrance dominates the scene, flanked by two tall cylindrical towers topped with domes and decorative balconies, and a façade featuring carved patterns and pointed crenellations; to the right, a connected structure displays arched windows with shutters, circular openings near the roofline, and an upper terrace with a balustrade, while palm trees rise in front of this section; on the left, a multi-story building with rows of windows stands adjacent, and in the foreground people in period clothing walk or stand on a broad open paved area beneath a lone streetlamp near the base of the steps.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B10_166
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