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Musée National Cirta de Constantine

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Creator(s)
Algerian
Time period
creation date: construction completed, 1930, other date: museum opened as Musée Gustave Mercier, 1931, other date: museum renamed Musée Cirta, 1975
Location
Site: Qacentina (Algeria)
Cultural context
Algerian
Description
In 1855, the first collections of the museum were acquired and housed in a room in the city hall. In 1930 the museum building, completed by the architect Castelet in the style of a Greco-Roman villa, was opened as the Musée Gustave Mercier. In 1975, it was renamed Musée Cirta.
Souce: http://www.cirtamuseum.org.dz/histoire.htm
exterior, eastern elevation, 1993
Work type
Museum
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Rights
(c) 1993 Ahmet Ersoy
Access rights
All rights reserved
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