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Notre Dame d'Afrique -  Algeria.

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Notre Dame d'Afrique - Algeria.

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Asith Mohan Mangalore

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Notre Dame d'Afrique (Our Lady of Africa) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Algiers, Algeria.

It was Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy, who served as the Bishop of Algiers from 1846 to 1866, who paved the way for its construction. The basilica was inaugurated in 1872, after fourteen years of construction. It was founded by Charles Lavigerie. Its architect, Jean-Eugène Fromageau, who had been appointed the chief architect for ecclesiastical buildings in French Algeria in 1859, employed a Neo-Byzantine style. Its floor plan is unusual as the choir is situated on the southeast instead of the usual east side of the building.