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ALGERIA IN PICTURES
The following six images were donated by
D. Mehdi from his collection. The city of Constantine, which these
pictures represent, is a major city located in northeastern Algeria.
To view the location, check out the mapllocated elsewhere in this site for your convenience.
All photos can be enlarged by double-clicking
on the thumbnails shown.
1. Pont de l'Ascenseur ("Guentrat Essansour"),
a pedestrian-only bridge in the city of Constantine.
2. General view of Constantine. To the left
is the Popular Old Quarters, "Souika." At the center
is the "Gorges du Rhumel," and at the rear is a view
of the same site shown in #1.
3. Pont de Sidi M'cid (also known as "Guentrat
Essbitar," meaning "bridge of the hospital"), the
most popular bridge in Constantine.
4. Sidi-Rached bridge.
5. Beb-el-Guentra bridge.
6. Guentratt-Essbitar, different view.
The following photographs are from the private collection
of Hakim L. K., taken during his visit back home in early 1997.
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1. Rais Hamidou
(formerly Pointe Pescade) in Algiers; Port Franco.
2. Miramar, a residential neighborhood
in a suburb of Algiers. |
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3. View of
Beb el-Oued from Notre Dame D'Afrique. Bay of Algiers in the
background.
4. Bologhine (formerly Saint Eugene), Algiers. |
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5. Zighout
Youcef Boulevard in downtown Algiers.
6. Zighout Youcef Boulevard, different
view. |
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7. The National Theatre, Port Said Square
in downtown Algiers.
8. Jama'a El-Kabir in downtown Algiers,
one of the city's oldest mosques. |
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9. Bounda, an Amazigh village in Kabylia.
10. Bounda, close up.
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