MOSQUÉE DE LA PÊCHERIE, ALGIERS
The “Mosque of the Fishery” was erected by Turkish architects in 1660. It is a cruciform building, with a large central dome painted inside, and a square minaret, now a clock tower.
TOMBEAU DE LA CHRÉTIENNE
This large tomb near Algiers, 108 feet high, was built as a tomb for Juba II and his family. It serves as a landmark for sailors. Its present name is derived from the cruciform moldings of the door panels.
The government house, and in fact all the buildings except those in the French quarters, are Moorish in design and generally whitewashed, so that they masquerade as glittering white marble. The town is beautifully situated, and is surrounded by a very interesting country filled with relics of Punic War times, and ruins of structures of even a more remote period. Near Algiers is the building called the “tomb of the Christian woman.” This is really the tomb of Juba II, who married Cleopatra Selene (se-lee´-nee), daughter of the celebrated Cleopatra and of Marc Antony. Juba II had a son, Ptolemy, and a daughter, Drusilla, who was the wife of Felix, procurator of Judea, who, it will be remembered, said to Saint Paul, “Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee” (Acts xxiv, 25).
A STREET SCENE IN ALGIERS
Showing three different styles of costume.