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Villa Abd-el-Tif

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The Villa Abd-el-Tif, also known as the Villa Medicis algerienne, is a Moorish style villa in Algiers, Algeria. It was established in 1907 in emulation of the French Academy in Rome's Villa Medici, and until 1962 it hosted laureates of the Abd-el-Tif prize, who received bursaries to continue their studies in Algeria for two years. The villa was abandoned after Algerian independence, classified as a historical monument in 1967, and restored before reopening in 2008. It now houses the headquarters of the Agence algerienne pour le rayonnement culturel. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Algiers, Algeria 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
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Villa, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Moorish Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Villa Abd-el-Tif (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Algeria, located there.
Sources
1. Villa Abd-el-Tif (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Abd-el-Tif, lead definition
    The Villa Abd-el-Tif, also known as la Villa Medicis algérienne, is a Moorish villa located in Algiers, Algeria.
  • standing status determination
    It now houses the headquarters of the Agence algerienne pour le rayonnement culturel.
  • In Style: Moorish Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Moorish architecture
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2. Villa Abd-el-Tif (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
    Wikidata item Q3558439, instance of (P31): villa
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 373858): Algiers, Algeria
    Wikidata item Q3558439, property P131/P17 (location): Algiers, Algeria
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Wikidata: Villa Abd-el-Tif
Wikidata Q3558439, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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