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===Monuments=== [[File:Notre Dame d'Afrique at night.jpg|thumb|alt=Basilica of Our Lady of Africa|Basilica of Our Lady of Africa β Algiers]] [[File:Makamelchahid.JPG|thumb|right|The Monument of the Martyrs (Maquam E'chahid)]] [[File:Alger - Grande Poste.jpg|thumb|right|Grand Post Office]] * [[Notre Dame d'Afrique]], accessible by one [[Aerial tramway|cable car]], is one of the city's most outstanding monuments: located in the district of Z' will ghara, the basilica was built around 1858. * [[Monument des Martyrs]] (''Marquand E' chahid''): an iconic concrete monument commemorating the [[Algerian War|Algerian war for independence]]. The monument was opened in 1982 on the 20th anniversary of Algeria's independence. It is fashioned in the shape of three standing palm leaves which shelter the "Eternal Flame" beneath. At the edge of each palm leaf stands a statue of a soldier, each representing a stage of Algeria's struggle. [[File:Algiers mosque.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The El Jedid mosque at the Place des Martyrs]] * The El Jedid mosque at the Place des Martyrs near the port. * Place of the Emir Abdelkader (formerly [[Thomas-Robert Bugeaud|Bugeaud]]): in memory of the famous emir [[Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri|Abd El-Kader]], resistant during [[French conquest of Algeria]]. * Grand Post Office (1910, by [[Voinot]] and [[Tondoire]]): construction of the neo-Moorish type which is in full centre town of Algiers. * The Jardin d'essai (''Garden of Test''; ''El-Hamma''): situated in the east of Algiers, it extends over {{convert|80|ha|acre|0}} and contains exotic plants and gardens. It was created in 1832 by A. Hardy. * Villa Abd-el-Hair, with the top of the Garden of test, one of the old residences of the dey, where until 1962, were placed the artists prizes winner of [[Price Abd-el-Hair]], and in particular [[Maurice Boitel]] and [[Andre Hamburg]]. * Citadel. * Riadh El-Feth (shopping centre and art gallery). * [[Ketchaoua Mosque]] (This mosque became the Saint-Philippe cathedral during colonization before becoming again a mosque). * [[National Library of Algeria|National Library]], is in the district of El HAMMA and was built in the 1990s. * [[Djamaa el Kebir]] at the [[Rue de la Marine]]. It is the oldest mosque of Algiers and was built during the reign of the [[Almoravid]] sultan [[Yusuf ibn Tashfin]]. * [[Palais des Rais|Le Bastion 23 β Palais des Rais]], built in 1576 by Dey Ramdhan Pacha and located in the lower Casbah in the Bab El Oued neighborhood.
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