ARCHITECTURAL AND DECORATIVE ELEMENTS OF DAMASCUS PUBLIC BUILDINGS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE FRENCH MANDATE

Author(s):  
Х.С. Абасс
Author(s):  
Х. Абасс ◽  
H. Abass ◽  
А. Иванова-Ильичева ◽  
A. Ivanova-Il'icheva

The article is devoted to the influence of European architectural traditions and design methods on traditional architecture in the Mediterranean countries during the French Mandate and the study of the functional, architectural and artistic features of residential and public buildings, built in accordance with the criteria of French architecture in the French Mandate period. Particular attention is paid to the administrative aspects of the organization of architectural and construction activities and changes in legislation in the countries of Algeria, Beirut, Morocco, and Tunisia during the French Mandate. The main activities in the field of architecture and construction, carried out by the French mandate authorities are considered: the repair of roads, the creation of schools and public health institutes, the construction of relevant public buildings. Together with the administrative and managerial changes, there is a serious cultural impact of France on the countries of Mandate, primarily identified in the field of architecture. Events in the field of urban development, associated with a change in the planning system of historical cities based on imitation of the European principles of urban planning are most clearly manifested. New architectural forms emerge due to the synthesis of local traditions and trends of French architecture. The purpose of this article is to identify the European influence and architectural features of Algeria, Beirut, Morocco and Tunisia during the French Mandate period.


Author(s):  
Х. Абасс ◽  
H. Abass

The article is devoted to the influence of European architectural traditions and design methods on traditional architecture in the Mediterranean countries during the French Mandate and the study of the functional, architectural and artistic features of residential and public buildings, built in accordance with the criteria of Damask architecture in the French Mandate period. Particular attention is paid to the administrative aspects of the organization of architectural and construction activities and changes in legislation during the French Mandate. The main activities in the field of architecture and construction, carried out by the French mandate authorities, from the repair of roads, the creation of schools and public health institutes to the construction of relevant public buildings, are considered. Together with the administrative and managerial changes, there is a serious cultural influence of France on the countries of Mandate, first of all clearly identified in the field of architecture. The most clearly manifested activities in the field of urban development associated with changes in the planning system of historical cities on the basis of imitation of the European principles of urban planning. New architectural forms emerge due to the synthesis of local traditions and trends of French architecture. The purpose of this article is to identify the European influence and architectural features of Damask during the French Mandate period.


1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 1246-1252 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. CUSTOVIC ◽  
R. GREEN ◽  
S. C. O. TAGGART ◽  
A. SMITH ◽  
C. A. C. PICKERING ◽  
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2020 ◽  
pp. 515-528
Author(s):  
Adam Jegliński

A set of more than 30 tetradrachmas from the second half of the 3rd century AD was discovered in Alexandria in Egypt, at the Kom el-Dikka site excavated by a Polish mission, in a zone of public buildings constructed in the 4th century AD. A row of lime kilns from the construction site of this complex stood on top of the ruins of an early Roman domestic quarter and, after they ceased to be used, were covered with earth and rubble, the latter partly from the destruction layer of these houses. Excavation of the kilns in 2008 and 2009 produced large quantities of 4th and 5th century pottery as well as pieces of marble revetment that had been fed to the kilns, and isolated late Roman coins. The tetradrachmas from two of the kilns (Fc and Fd), which were hoarded apparently in AD 293–295, seems to have preceded the destruction of the early Roman houses and may have been hidden in one of them.


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