Say , tell me ALGERIA

19 novembre 2013

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ALGERIA tell you ? there is so much to tell!
    ALGERIA , Africa's largest country , five times as large as France and the Sahara as 4 times. Algeria is part of the Maghreb , meaning " sunset ", which includes Morocco , Tunisia and Libya
    Separated from France by the Mediterranean, Marseille is 800 Km and Paris in 1600 .
    Its coasts bordering the Mediterranean over a length of 1200 km, with sandy beaches , coves and cliffs, the farthest Algiers Point is 2330 km to the border with Niger .
    The climate is mild , humid on the coast , clean air at altitude, average temperatures range from - 5 ° to + 45 °. In winter, you can ski 50 km from Algiers, Chréa , station 1500 m . altitude. In the national park Djurdjuran in Kabylia , the Lalla Khadija rises to 2308 m and its often snowy summit , the panorama of Kabylia , the sea and the desert is unique. There are also , '' '' the ice cave , underground glacier that grows to 80 m deep and 2000m .
    The extreme coasts , go - 35m . , Below the sea level , in some saline lake and the highest peak rises to 3003 m in the Hoggar . It is in this vast desert , the Reverend Father Charles de Foucauld , installed his hermitage at 1900 km from Algiers .
    This retreat he wrote: " The most beautiful view is we can say or imagine. Nothing can give an idea of the forest of peaks and rocky peaks we at his feet is a marvel. You can not see her without thinking about God I can hardly take my eyes off this wonderful view , the beauty and feel infinitely closer as the Creator and at the same time his solitude and wildness show how you are alone with Him and how we are a drop in the sea "
    In the Sahara , the largest sand desert in the world, there are many archaeological sites , thousands of rock paintings and engravings , caves decorated and the silicified tree trunks remind that there are less than 5000 years this vast area was green and inhabited .
    These sites make Algeria one of the richest natural museum in the open air prehistoric art in the world.
    In some oases , with artesian wells, grows vegetables and fruits.
    The oasis of Tolga , produced the famous " Deglet Nour ' ( light finger ) , the best date in the world.
    UNESCO has classified the Hoggar , Tassili , Ghardaia, Rhoufi the balcony , in the Aures , World Heritage .
    A 150 km south of Algiers, the " Green Dam " mammoth undertaking reforestation , extends over 2000 km long and 50 km wide , it is intended to stop the progress of the desert to the north. Start of work in the 90s , late starts, 2015/2020 .

    ALGERIA has been inhabited since the Paleolithic , 500,000 BC are found in eastern Algeria , more dolmens Neolithic times , in Britain.
    The Phoenicians VII century . BC. JC had already installed ports in this rich country , then came the Roman legions who built cities in exceptional sites like DJEMILA , TIMGAD , LAMBEZE , TIPAZA , CHERCHELL , DELLYS , Tiddis , GUELMA .... for the most known , whose remains still delight us , and various museums have collections of objects and beautiful mosaics.
    With its rich land , the Roman province became the granary of Rome.

    From this period , the Romans knew how to use the many and abundant sources ( steam ) of hot or cold water . Hottest in the world after those of Iceland (98 ° C steam Meskhoutine ) Aerated Waters, sulfur , fluorine , phosphorus , salt , ferruginous , arsenisées , magnesia , sulphates , bicarbonate , chloride, alkaline , and also the most radioactive world .

    Unique in Africa , magnificent and strange circular inspiration Hellenic tombs , such as Medracen , third century BC and the Royal Mauritanian 32 m high and 185 m in circumference, I s Tomb . a.v. JC Legend has it that Cleopatra 's daughter , Cleopatra Selene married Juba II , Berber king of Mauritania, was buried in this mausoleum .

    Painters ( Fromentin , Delacroix, Dinet , Renoir ... ) writers and poets ( V.Hugo , A. Dumas , A. Daudet , Lamartine , G. de Maupassant , P. Lotti, and many others) did not remain insensitive to the beauty , brightness and serenity of the landscapes and people who run them . " Alger la blanche , a display of laundress . By the above , a large sky blue satin , oh! but if blue. "Wrote A. Daudet.

    Do not forget the importance of the flora, botanical enthusiasts discover plants and traditional flowers of the Mediterranean basin, but also a multitude of unknown species in Europe , as well as pine and fir , cedar , eucalyptus, different varieties of oak (cork, kermes , Zeen , affares , oak, green ) Algeria alfa produced high quality , used for the manufacture of fine papers , such as vellum . In 1902 , Father Clement , '' '' invented a new fruit , the CLEMENTINE . At the same time , a famous drink '' shake '' emerged in the ORANGINA .

    The gas and oil we consume, are among the treasures of Algeria .

    During the 39/40 war , Algiers was the seat of the Provisional Government of the French Republic , in other words, the capital of France , until August 1944.

    On this earth Berber , vandals have passed, the Byzantines settled , the Arab conquest took place from the seventh century , in successive waves until the eleventh century , the Spanish made the time a light conquest, a colony, before the arrival of Turkish and Barbary at about 1500 to the French conquest in 1830 ended in 1962. Invasions , wars , revolts and revolutions, are unfortunately part of the history of this country the rich potential (agricultural , marine , industrial , natural resources , tourism). It is hoped that tomorrow, in the peace and serenity found , Algeria knows the development it deserves .

    Here , Algeria is a little all! country of contrasts and colors, land crossings and invasion , Algeria, as a paradise , attracted on its soil , thousands of migrants fleeing war or poverty, from all over Europe including Spain, Portugal, France , Italy, Malta, Russia, Germany , who came to join the Berbers, Jews and Arabs already installed well before the conquest of 1830 : " We ' never happens for the first time in Algeria , and when we get going, we do not leave forever. " Quote Malek Haddad, I deliver to your meditation.