LIBRAIRIE-IMPRIMERIE MAUGUIN
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This bookshop, founded by former mayor Alexandre Mauguin in 1857 and taken over by Chantal Lefèvre, one of his great-granddaughters, in 1993, is an institution. Born in Algiers in 1945, Chantal Lefèvre moved to Spain rather than France at the time of independence, in order to remain closer to her homeland, which she finally returned to forty-eight years later, when the country was in turmoil, to take over the reins of the family business. More than just a printing house, Mauguin was, until a few years ago, one of the region's cultural hotspots.
The bookshop created by the heiress remained closed for over 10 years before reopening its doors in 2019 to the delight of local residents. The printing presses are still running, giving life to the magnificent works of the Barzakh publishing house and the posters for the capital's many cultural events. The house also houses the Tell publishing house. Outside, wooden carts marked with the name of the institution await the merchandise, as if time had stood still. Mauguin is one of the few colonial institutions to have bridged the gap between the French period and today's Algeria, and to operate virtually unchanged despite the vagaries of history. It is here that all Algerian family records and most official administrative documents are produced.
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