Palace of Ahmed Bey, Constantine: View looking into a courtyard garden from an arcade

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Ch\u00E9rif, also known as Ahmed Bey or Hadj Ahmed Bey (ca. 1784 -ca. 1850) was the last Bey of Constantine, Algeria, ruling from 1826 to 1848. With a series of courtyards surrounded by tiled arcades, the palace is filled with gardens of olive and orange trees, and decorated with Tunisian and French polychrome tiles. It was announced in 2010 that the palace will be turned into a national museum (National Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions).

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Palace of Ahmed Bey

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

+36.35+6.6|Qacentina|Qacentina, Qacentina, Algeria: Former name Constantine, ancient Cirta; Place Si-El Haoues

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Nineteenth century', 'Ottoman (style)']

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Gardens Arcades Architecture Loggias

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