Ahmed Zabana National Museum
The Ahmed Zabana National Museum (Arabic: المتحف الوطني أحمد زبانة, El-mathaf El-ouatani Ahmed Zabana) is a museum located in Oran, Algeria and is named after the Algerian national hero Ahmed Zabana executed by the French on May 19, 1956, in Algiers.
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The first floor of the museum tells the story of the local impact of Algeria's battle for independence from France including a list of local people executed by the French between 1954 and 1962. The museum also includes artwork in the form of ancient sculptures; some mosaics and terracotta portraits; and paintings including works by 20th-century Algerian artists and French Orientalists including Eugene Fromentin.[1][2]
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References
- "Musée National Ahmed Zabana". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- Lonely Planet Algeria. Lonely Planet. 2007. pp. 142.
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