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Maqam el-chahid (Algiers), War memorial
Dominating the Algiers skyline is Maqam el-chahid (monument to the martyr), inaugurated in 1982 (under Chadli Bendjedid's presidency) to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of independence. Three enormous palmettes stretch 97 metres high, at the foot of each, three statutes are said to symbolise the three pillars of the proclaimed revolution, cultural, industrial and agrarian - although they are all armed men.
| Added By: | Mr Emmanuel Godin |
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| Date Added: | 04 Dec 2009 11:40 |
| Creators: | Dr Natalya Vince, School of languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth |
| Tags: | Ukoer, Oerllas, Maqam El-chahid, Algeria, Algiers, War Memorial, Memory, Colonialism, Post-colonialism, Commemoration |
| Languages: | English |
| Viewing permissions: | World |
| URL: | http://humbox.edshare.ac.uk/id/eprint/1388 |
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