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Algeria occupies almost the same territories
today as it. did during the Ottoman period. The renowned Barbarossa
Brothers, Arudj and Khayr al-din; volunteered in 922/1516for Ottoman
sovereignty in order to protect Algeria from the Spanish attacks
in the Mediterranean Sea. After Khayr al-din became the Admiral
of the Ottoman Fleet, Algeria was governed first by beylerbeys then
by pashas sent from the Capital until the l6th century. A sort of
regency was then established first by aghas of military origin by
the dominance of beys who ruled with the help of beys autonomously
until the French conquest of Algeria in 1837.Examples of Ottoman
architectural works can still be found in Algiers, Constantine,
Tlemçen and Ouhran. including mainly mosques, mausoleums, palaces,
fortresses, barracks, bridges, fountains and aqueducts.This architecture
is characterised by clean white exterior walls and block-like volumes
common to North Africa. However, the centralised plan of the mosques
reflects the innovations of the Capital. Furthermore, certain arche
forms, bricks covering roofs, compositions in plasterwork made of
flowers stemming from vases and the use of tiles to decorate palaces
indicate to what extent the modes and styles of Istanbul penetrated
into the regional architecture of Algeria.
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