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Sacred Heart Cathedral, Algiers

Paul Herbe, Jean Le Couteur · Algiers, DZ · 1962

Key featuresCurved concrete shell rising from a square base to a circular crown over the nave.

Architect
Paul Herbe, Jean Le Couteur
Place
Algiers, DZ
Year
1962
Typology
Religious
Movement
Brutalism
Region
Africa
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