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275:, originally designated for Muslim-Algerian residents, lies on the opposite side if the road. While the development's living quarters were racially segregated, Diar el Mahçoul afforded a number of integrated facilities, making it the only development in Algiers to do so. This racial cohabitation was intended to work as a vehicle for social reform; in constructing an semi-integrated development, Chevallier hoped reinforce a sentiment of French-Algerian cooperation and gain loyalty from his colonial subjects. 279: 41: 298:. Such tensions were exacerbated by communal political affiliation brought about by Diar el Mahçoul's high density and ethnic segregation. In 1957, Algerian residents interrupted a visit to the neighborhood by Mayor Chevallier, shouting "Algeria is ours" and throwing stones. Tensions reached a climax on December 11, 1960, when the Algerian residents of the district marched to join independence demonstrations at the rue de Lyon, 216: 731: 89: 969: 302:. In response to pro-independence demonstrations, French residents of the European quarter responded with their own protests; nicknamed "concerts de casseroles," these demonstrations were characterized with the banging of pots and pans accompanied by calls for "French Algeria!" During the 318:
Church, built behind the historical Villa des Arcades as part of the French quarter, was converted into a mosque via the 1966 addition of a minaret. The original plans made no provisions for the construction of a mosque on the site.
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a large number of French residents of Diar el Mahçoul and the greater El Madania fled; many of their abandoned apartments were reclaimed by Algerians.
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In the late 1950s the site became characterized by division and increasing tension between its Algerian residents and
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The Martyrs' Memorial was opened along the southwestern edge of the cité confort normal in 1982 to commemorate the
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while Climat de France lied further north. All three developments were built atop land previously occupied by
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as chief architect of the city and commissioned him to develop three residential complexes: Diar el Mahçoul,
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Diar el Mahçoul was divided into two quarters by Oulmane Khelifa boulevard:
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Housing complex and district in Algiers Province, Algeria
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the two quarters together totaling 1,454 units. The
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36°44′47″N 3°04′02″E / 36.7465°N 3.0671°E / 36.7465; 3.0671
Algeria
Algiers Province
Sidi M'Hamed District
Algiers
Belouizdad, Algiers
El Madania
Arabic
lit.
Algiers, Algeria
Belouizdad
El Madania
Fernand Pouillon
Martyrs' Memorial
Arabic

Jacques Chevallier
Fernand Pouillon
Diar es-Saada
Climat de France
Botanical Garden Hamma
bidonvilles
casbah

the nation's French authority
Belcourt
Algerian War
St. Jean Baptiste
Algerian War of Independence

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