Name of Object:

Algerian Pavilion in the Trocadéro Park [Paris Exhibition, 1878]

Name in original language:

Padiglione Algerino, nel Campo del Trocadero

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Central Library

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

Date of Object:

1878

Description:

At the International Exhibition in Paris, 1878, the Algerian Pavilion was designed by the architect M. Wable, who was appointed by General Chanzy. The building represents one of the greatest proofs of French colonisation policy. The front-door, four metres wide, is a copy from the ‘Ubbad Mosque of Sidi Bumadyan in Tlemcen, and is richly decorated with enamelled majolica and arabesque decorations. The decorations of the minaret echo the tower in ruins from the mosque of Mansoura, 1,200 square metres wide. The pavilion was meant to show the productive potential of the colony to the French capitalists.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

L'Esposizione di Parigi del 1878 illustrata, Sonzogno Editore, 1878, p. 39

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "Algerian Pavilion in the Trocadéro Park [Paris Exhibition, 1878]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;197;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 055