Name of Object:

The Tent of the Arabs Sent by the Governor General of Algeria to Guard the Algerian Pavillion at the Trocadero [Paris Exhibition, 1878]

Name in original language:

La tenda degli Arabi mandati dal Governatore generale d'Algeria, per la guardia del Padiglione Algerino al 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:

Paris, International Exhibition, 1878. The text of the magazine describes a big tent built in the garden of the Algerian Pavilion with camel fur, fixed with ropes of the same material and strong bamboo canes. Some Arabian men stayed there, sent by the general Algerian governor, and dressed in the typical light-blue uniform of the "Turkish people", or with a red blanket, typical of the region. The Algerian Pavilion was meant to represent the colony through the reproduction of the Campo Marte and Trocadero buildings and also in the garden.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

L'Esposizione di Parigi del 1878 illustrata, Sonzogno Editore, 1878, p. 88

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "The Tent of the Arabs Sent by the Governor General of Algeria to Guard the Algerian Pavillion at the Trocadero [Paris Exhibition, 1878]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;205;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 063