Name of Object:

The Door of the Jami`a el-Kebir Mosque [Paris Exhibition, 1878]

Name in original language:

La porta della Moschea di Gemma-El-Kebir

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Central Library

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

Date of Object:

1878

Provenance:

France

Description:

Universal Exhibition of Paris, 1878: reconstruction of the big door set along the street of Marina for the gate of the big Mosque of Algeria. The presentation of those important buildings represents a form of cultural promotion of the country.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

L'Esposizione di Parigi del 1878 illustrata, Sonzogno Editore, 1878, p. 428

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "The Door of the Jami`a el-Kebir Mosque [Paris Exhibition, 1878]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;211;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 069