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A historic collection of 1,730 Algeria postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 2003
Ceiling of Djamâa Edjedid in Algiers
The trade of woodwork and decoration in Algeria has long been an activity reflecting both aesthetic requirements and practical utility, two values still present in Algerian craftsmanship. Wood, an essential raw material for the evolution of this art, was fortunately widespread throughout the country. Among the most used woods were thuja, cedar, pine, holm oak, cork oak, pear and olive. The main timber centers were in Algiers, Kabylia, Tlemcen and certain regions of the South. It was used to manufacture all kinds of works essential to daily life, as it was used in architectural work (ceiling, door, window, staircase, minbar (preaching pulpit), etc.) as well as in interior and exterior decoration. Among the buildings which benefited from rich and important wooden ornaments, include constructions of a public and religious nature, as well as certain private residences. We can still admire today certain works of rare finesse in their original location, or preserved in different museums. Three magnificent examples, illustrating the unequal talent of Algerian artisans, were taken up by an issue of postage stamps, these are a door and a window from the Hassen Pasha palace and the ceiling of Djamaa Edjedid, all of them located in Algiers.
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The Ahellil of Gourara
Football World Cup South Africa 2010
65th Anniversary of the Massacres of May 8, 1945
16th Inter Congress. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG 16)
16th International Liquefied Natural Gas Congress (LNG 16)
Shanghai World Expo 2010
Gouraya Fort
Fort of the Emperor (Bordj Moulay Hassan)
Tribute to the victims of French nuclear tests
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
The Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
The red rose Popular Tales from Algeria
The Dove Fairy Popular Tales from Algeria
Badra Popular Tales from Algeria
Loundja the ogre's daughter
Algerian olive growing
People's National Army
Protection of the elderly
Stora Fishing Port
Béni Saf Fishing Port
Bouharoun Fishing Port
Road Prevention
