Oran:
Second largest city of Algeria, Oran also bears the name of "Al Behia" or radiant. Located northwest of Algeria (432 kilometers from Algiers), Oran is a port city with an area of 56.87 km². In the Arabic language is spoken Wahran, which means "two lions".
Places to visit in Oran:
-The Santa Cruz Chapel:
La Chapelle Santa Cruz fût construite par la France coloniale en 1850 sur les hauteurs du Mont Murdjadjo, légèrement en contrebas du Fort Lamoune. La construction de cet édifice fût décidé en raison d'une épidémie de choléra qui fît des milliers de morts un an plutôt parmi la population oranaise.
La Chapelle a été restaurée à de multiples reprises au fil des années que ce soit par la France durant la colonisation ou bien par l'Algérie après l'indépendance.
Comptez une vingtaine de minutes en voiture pour vous rendre du centre-ville à la Chapelle Santa Cruz.
Arrivée sur place le calme règne, l'endroit dégage un climat serein et une fraîcheur appréciable du fait de la forêt de pins qui l'entourent et de sa position en hauteur.
Depuis la Chapelle la vue sur la baie et la ville d'Oran est époustouflante. En marchant un peu de l'autre côté du flanc montagneux il est également possible de voir la baie de Mers El Kébir.
Chaque année, des milliers de touristes se rendent à Santa Cruz qui est désormais l'un des lieux touristiques les plus visiter d'Oran.
-The Sacred Heart Cathedral:
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Oran was built in 1904 and inaugurated in 1913 under the initiative of Monsignor Cantel, bishop of the city in Algeria colonized by the French. Its architecture is the Roman-Byzantine style.
Since the independence of Algeria, the building no longer serve as cathedral. Currently she serves as bookstore, where you can buy educational books in language, science, mathematics, illustrated children's books (including a lot of Martine) ... and full of Korans, very large, means , the little ones, and even handheld versions, waterproof zippered sleeve ...
-Pacha Mosque:
Located in the district of Sidi El Houari Pasha Mosque was built in 1796 during the reign of Mohamed Bey El-Kebir, on the orders of Baba Hassan Pacha Algiers in memory of the expulsion of the Spaniards.
During the French invasion, the mosque is occupied by detachments of French troops. In 1833 on the orders of General Desmichel visited the mosque to Muslims. Later the mosque was restored by Napoleon III.
In 2007 the US government made a 100 000 US dollars donated and sent specialists in restoration and seismology for the renovation of the mosque.
-The Ibn Badis Promenade:
The Ibn Badis promenade that we like to name yet Letang is the heritage of Oran who hold the proof of this interest in their garden "love" is the ever increasing number of participants in visits, organized by the association Bel -Horizon that there was 11 years ago, organized the first tour with a landscape; since the association has never failed to visit. Better yet she made this high place of the heritage of the city an inevitable stop, party music, urban ballad, outdoor play and other opportunities is and will be under the Ibn Badis promenade.
Others followed, and that's good. But today, almost 180 years of existence, the "Promenade" is at a turning point in its existence.
-Cathédral of St Louis:
Originally the Church of Our Lady of the Victory, the first church in Oran, it was built by Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros on the site of a mosque. It was destroyed in the 1790 earthquake and was rebuilt by the French in 1838. It was rededicated as a cathedral in 1866, and became a church again in 1913. The porte of Canastel, once Oran's chief gateway, also dates to Spanish times and was reconstructed in 1734
-The door of Spain:
The Gate of Spain was built in 1589 by Captain General Don Pedro de Padilla. The Spaniards learned that the city had decided covet building wall surrounding the city interspersed with doors.
It is located in the district of Sidi El Houari (street Dahi brothers) and is currently one of the largest still preserved remains of Spanish architecture in Oran.
-Popular areas:
The districts of the city of Oran are twelve in number (also called "urban areas"), each borough or sector with its own communal antenna, administered by a municipal delegate elected, and manages the administrative, technical, political and social. The historic district par excellence is Sidi El Houari also known as "slums". It is indeed considered "old Oran" and to date contains the imprint of various occupations experienced by the city (Spanish, Ottoman, French).
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