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Copyright Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare in Constructii, Urbanism si Devoltare Teritoriala Durabila "URBAN-INCERC" 2017

Abstract

In 1836, the French colonialists entered in Tlemcen and began to destroy and reshape the city following the European model. No study of this historical period has demonstrated the detail of the demolitions made by the French military genius. We then asked about the type and number of buildings demolished during that time. To answer these questions, we adopted two approaches. The first approach is historical, which is based on the reading of ancient documents that address the urban development of the city. The second approach is comparative where we will compare the first Tlemcen map of 1836 with the 22 other cards, the last of which dates back to 1961. It then turns out that the French military at the time has destroyed 654 buildings, including 13 city gates, 38 fragments of ramparts, 20 palaces, 12 mosques, 1 fondouk, 8 madrasahs and 562 houses. The area of Tlemcen in 1836 was 64 ha and in 1962 it was reduced to 48 ha. This reduction of 25 % of the area of his urban fabric is a terrible loss for this historic city

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Title
THE BERBER BUILDINGS DESTROYED DURING THE FRENCH COLONIAL PERIOD IN TLEMCEN
Author
Hamma, Walid
Pages
275-282
Publication year
2017
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare in Constructii, Urbanism si Devoltare Teritoriala Durabila "URBAN-INCERC"
ISSN
20690509
e-ISSN
20696469
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
French
ProQuest document ID
1852741732
Copyright
Copyright Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare in Constructii, Urbanism si Devoltare Teritoriala Durabila "URBAN-INCERC" 2017