Publication Date
10th century AH / 16th century AD
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID
monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;9;ar
Library Location
Algeria, Algeria
Date
10th century AH / 16th century AD
Notes
The Palace of the Rias, or “Topana” or Bastion 23, is a group consisting of four palaces and some houses built on an area of half a hectare on the sea front. These buildings were erected in the AH 10th century / AD 16th century, during the rule of Mustafa Pasha and Ramadan Pasha, and were inhabited by some rayyas and some people of the sea. Like the Great Mosque and the Fish Trap Mosque, these buildings survived the demolition operations that befell the “Bahriyah Quarter” in the first years of the French occupation. In 1990, the restoration of these buildings, which constitute a distinguished group, raised major debates regarding the approach that should be followed in the restoration process, but it restored, in a good way, the atmosphere of both the internal and external spaces: restoring the ceramic and wooden cladding, the wrought iron windows, all the marble, the exits, the alleys and the other sababs.
Sample Text
Ali Lafer “Qasr Al-Riyas” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;9;ar
