Oran - Centre Ville

In the taxi from the train station to the Ibis Hotel	Apartment blocks, Oran	Blue and white apartment with wrap around balconies, Oran	Waliya Oran
Northeast corner of the Château Neuf, Oran	Theatre de Verdure Chakroune Hasni	Theatre de Verdure Chakroune Hasni	Rondpont - Boulevard de l'Armée
Silver dome of the Chambre de Commerce, Oran	Tramlines on the Boulevard Emir Abdelkader, Oran	The French Place d'Armes, now Place du 1 Novembre	Monument of the Place d'Armes, Oran
Monument pedestal, Place d'Armes	Security and victory of God that God is Mighty, Wise	Old French Theatre, Place 1er Novembre, Oran	Pediment sculpture of the old French theatre, Place d'Armes, Oran
Place d'Armes, Oran	Angel of Victory, Place d'Armes, Oran	Monument, Place d'Armes, Oran	Side view of the Hôtel de Ville, Oran
French theatre, Place d'Armes, Oran	French theatre, Place d'Armes, Oran	Pediment sculpture, French Theatre, Oran	Pediment sculpture, French Theatre, Oran
Why would the Algerian police care that I'm taking photos here on the Place d'Armes in the center of Oran?	"33" Export, Algeria's best beer	Part of the 14th C. Fort of Merinid Sultan Abou Hassan, Oran	Spanish Gate, Château Neuf, Oran
Inside the Spanish Gate, Oran	Architectural Error, Oran	Spanish Gate, Bey's Palace, Oran	Arabic inscription over the Spanish Gate
Minaret of the Pasha Mosque, Oran	Pasha's Mosque, 1797	Staircase leading to the Lower Town	Rue Boutkhil descending from the Place d'Armes to the Lower Town
The Algerian police weren't too thrilled that I was walking around here	Pasha Mosque on the slope between the Upper and Lower Towns	Derelict 19th C. building in the Lower Town, Oran	Place Boudali Hasni, Lower Town - Oran
Boulevard Frères Guerrab, Lower Town - Oran	Despite there being 4-6 police on every corner, they said it was unsafe, took me to the police station	The district police commissioner himself drove me back up to the Place d'Armes in the Upper Town	Chambre de Commerce, Oran
Chambre de Commerce, Bouldevard de la Soummam, Oran	Chambre de Commerce, Bouldevard de la Soummam, Oran	French Colonial Upper Town, Oran	Lions at the end of Boulevard de la Soummam in front of the Banque d'Algérie
Rue de Soeurs Benslimane, Oran	French colonial Upper Town, Oran	An old church, downtown Oran	Downtown Oran
Concrete high rise, central Oran	Former Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur, now the Regional Library of Oran	The Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur was built 1904-1913 by architect Albert Ballu	Mosaic detail, Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur - the Eagle of St. John
Mosaic detail, Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur - the Angel of St. Matthew	Mosaic detail, Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur - the Lion of St. Mark	Mosaic detail, Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur - the Bull of St. Luke	After a short life as a cathedral, Oran converted Sacré-Coeur into a library in 1984
The steps of Sacré-Coeur d'Oran	Oran kids, Place de la Kahina	Great smiles, Oran	Kids in Oran, Place de la Kahina
Kids in Oran, Place de la Kahina	Kids in Oran, in front of the former Cathedral	A young Algerian girl, Oran	Dome of the former Cathedral of Sacré-Coeur, Oran
Palais de Justice/Tribunal, 1889 - Oran	Le Droit, La Loi - Palace fo Justice, Oran	Bronze sculpture "Constitution", Oran	Marhaba - looking unwelcoming, Oran
FLN - Oran	FLN - Oran	CPA - Crédit Populaire d'Algérie	CPA - Rue de la Paix/Rue Mohamed Khemisti, Oran
Boulevard Emir Abdelkader, Oran	FLN - the Algerian Front de Libération Nationale	Royal Hotel, Oran	Avenue Snoubar, Oran
Avenue Snoubar entering the Lower Town by the former Cathedral of St. Louis	Former Cathedral of St. Louis, 1839	Former Cathedral of St. Louis, now an Islamic Center	Place Boudani Hasni, Lower Town, Oran
Jebel Murdjadjo rising to the west of Oran	The road to Algiers, Tlemcen and Oran Aéroport Es-Senia	Monument 1. Novembre and Sonatrach HQ, Oran	3e Boulevard Péripherique, Oran
Sonantrach, Oran	Exit here for Oran's Aéroport International Ahmed ben Bella	EGSA Oran - L'aéroport d'Oran vous souhaite un bon voyage