DAR HASSAN PASHA
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A palace built around 1791 in Algiers, retracing the intertwining of Ottoman and French history in Algeria.
This palace is undoubtedly one of the places where the clash of Ottoman and French history in Algeria has remained most palpable. Built around 1791 by the dey Hassan Pacha (whose reign lasted from 1791 to 1798), the palace underwent numerous transformations by the French, who turned it into the winter palace of the governor of Algiers in 1830. Architect Pierre-Auguste Guiauchain designed the white marble facade with its ogee windows and doorway with its marble columns, in a style inspired by Venetian palaces and far removed from local architecture. Although some rooms, such as the former reception room, have been significantly altered by the addition of fireplaces, chandeliers, mirrors and sculpted plaster, the interior of the house features remarkable elements such as Delft earthenware, the painted or carved coffered ceilings, the arcaded patio with its heavy wooden balustrades and doorframes, the dey's reception room with its walls covered in 16th-century earthenware tiles from Italy, Delft and Tunisia, certainly taken from earlier palaces. As an inscription under the cornice indicates, the patio was covered with a glass roof in 1875 under the government of General Chanzy. Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie are said to have stayed in this palace when they visited Algiers in 1860 and 1865. Since the 1950s, it has been allocated to various institutions attached to the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
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