Musée National Cirta de Constantine
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Alternative Titles
Musee Cirta
Cirta Museum
Municipal Museum
Musée Gustave Mercier
Date
1930Description
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
Type of Work
MuseumSubject
Museums, Architecture --Algeria, Africa, North, Maghreb, Constantine (Algeria)
Rights
Rights Statement
All rights reserved
Item is Part of
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