Architecture of Algeria
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The architecture of Algeria encompasses a diverse history influenced by a number of internal and external forces, including the Roman Empire, Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, French colonization, and m
The Dar Khadaoudj El Amia in Algiers, a former 16th-century Ottoman era palace, now Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions
Annaba train station, built in 1933 during French colonial era with a Moorish Revival architecture
The Maqam Echahid (1981-1982), inaugurated 20 years after the independance
A traditionnal foggāra in Timimoun
Zirid dynasty
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The Zirid dynasty, also known as the Banu Ziri, was a Sanhaja Berber dynasty from what is now Algeria which ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya from 972 to 1148.
Surat Al-An'am of the "Nurse's Quran”, executed in fine Kufic script and commissioned by a nursemaid serving a Zirid sultan in 1020.
Remains of the palace at 'Ashir, the residence founded by Ziri ibn Manad
Detail of the wooden maqsura added to the Great Mosque of Kairouan during the reign of al-Mu'izz