Hamma Test Garden (Algiers)
This garden represents one of the curiosities of Algiers which does not fail to impress visitors who come to spend pleasant moments there. Created in 1832, it was originally a central government nursery, then an acclimatization garden and finally a trial garden. It is this last name which stuck and which popularized it. Located at the bottom of the Bay of Algiers, in its southern part, the trial garden extends its 62 hectares like an amphitheater from the immediate vicinity of the shore to the Ravin de la Femme Sauvage, climbing the hill of Fort des Arcades. Its lower part merges with this formerly marshy and unhealthy area which witnessed the temporary encampment of the soldiers of Charles V: its upper part neighbors with the slope where Cervantes believed he would find a safe refuge to escape the Pasha of El Djazair. The Hamma test garden is divided into three large, clearly separated spaces, which are as follows:
The first northern space which extends over the part facing the Mediterranean Sea and the Bay of Algiers up to the Hassiba Ben Bouali road.
The second space “the trial garden” is located between rue Hassiba Ben Bouali to the north and rue Belouizdad Mohamed. The Hamme garden from the architectural structure point of view is generally composed of two main styles: the French garden and the English garden with different paths which extend over a distance of 20 km.
The third space, which is the “upper part” of the garden, is a sloping site called the hill of arcades from where you can admire the entire view of the garden. This space is covered with forest species and acclimatized species.
The Hamma test garden, a favorite place for relaxation and walks for Algiers city dwellers, contributes to the improvement of local or exotic agricultural resources.
The first northern space which extends over the part facing the Mediterranean Sea and the Bay of Algiers up to the Hassiba Ben Bouali road.
The second space “the trial garden” is located between rue Hassiba Ben Bouali to the north and rue Belouizdad Mohamed. The Hamme garden from the architectural structure point of view is generally composed of two main styles: the French garden and the English garden with different paths which extend over a distance of 20 km.
The third space, which is the “upper part” of the garden, is a sloping site called the hill of arcades from where you can admire the entire view of the garden. This space is covered with forest species and acclimatized species.
The Hamma test garden, a favorite place for relaxation and walks for Algiers city dwellers, contributes to the improvement of local or exotic agricultural resources.