The Rue de Madrid (Pl. C, 3, 2), a side-street of the Rue Larrey (see above), and the steps in the Rue d’Orléans near the S.W. angle of the Place de la République lead to the small public—
Musée Demaeght (Pl. 7; C, 2), Rue Montebello 9, founded in 1886 and named after its founder. Admittance, except on great festivals, daily 1–5, free. Catalogues of the antiquities and the ancient coins, 1¾ fr. each. Curator, Prof. A. Mouliéras.
In the vestibule are Roman mosaics from a dwelling-house at Portus Magnus (Saint-Leu, p. [199]), freely restored in parts; Roman stelæ, milestones, inscriptions, etc. from the province of Oran.
First Floor. On the left, in Room C, natural history collections, including specimens of marble and onyx from the province of Oran.—On the right, in Room D, prehistoric relics from Barbary and ethnographical collections.
Second Floor. On the left, in Room E, casts from the antique; Moorish ornaments from Toledo and Granada; and a graphic collection.—On the right, in Room F, modern paintings.
Third Floor. On the left, in Room G, natural history collections.—On the right, in Room H, a fine collection of coins, Numidian, Mauretanian, Roman, Byzantine, Moorish, old Spanish, etc.; in the wall-cases small relics from Portus Magnus.
b. The New Town.
The loftily situated New Town is reached from the Place Kléber (Pl. C, 3; p. [179]) by several steep lanes in steps (Rue de Gênes, etc.), but more easily by the Boulevard Malakoff (p. [179]) and the Rue des Jardins (Pl. C, 3; tramway No. 1, see p. [176]), or by the Rue de Turin (Pl. C, 3, 2) and Rue Philippe (tramway No. 2).
The Rue de Turin leads in a bend past the Marché Bastrana (Pl. 5; C, 3) and the Promenade de Létang (p. [181]).
The Rue Philippe, which ascends direct, passes on the right the elegant Demeure de Hassan (Pl. 2; C, 3), which, apart from the fortifications, is the sole relic of old Oran. According to the inscription, it was built in 1700 and restored in 1900, and is named after one of its later owners, a tobacco-merchant who became Bey of Oran in 1812.