El Alia Cemetery

El Alia Cemetery (Arabic: مقبرة العالية‎) is a cemetery in a suburb of Algiers in the commune of Oued Smar in Algeria. The name "El Alia" means in Arabic which is high, but came from the surname of the donor of the land in 1928, Hamza El-Alia.[1]

El Alia Cemetery
Details
Established1928
Location
Algiers
CountryAlgeria
Size18 hectares (44 acres)

History

It comprises tombs of numerous Algerian notables and also has the graves of actors and actresses and other artists (opera singers, musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, writers, poets). It also includes the tombs of several scientists, academicians and sports people.

Allied soldiers who died during the North African Campaign were also buried there, including men who were evacuated to Africa after being wounded during Operation Husky, and who died there. Commonwealth graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Notable interments

See also

References
  1. http://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2009/09/15/article.php?sid=88575&cid=2
  2. "Le général Beloucif inhumé hier au cimetière d'El-Alia Décédé jeudi à l'âge de 70 ans – Liberté Algérie , Quotidien national d'information". Liberte-algerie.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  3. "Abdelmadjid Aouchiche, le fondateur de la DNC-ANP, n'est plus Un parcours riche en expériences – Liberté Algérie , Quotidien national d'information". Liberte-algerie.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  4. "MémorialGenWeb complementter.php". Memorial-genweb.org. Retrieved 2014-03-25.

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