Sanctuaire du Martyr

Memorial to the dead of Algeria's War of Independence from France - Sanctuaire du Martyr	Spring across from the cable car station at the base of the téléphérique serving the Martyr's Memorial	Martyr's Memorial - مقام الشهيد	Lonely Planet misnames this the National Jihad Museum
Place des Martyrs with the Algerian Army Musuem	The Martyr's Memorial was completed in 1982 on the 20th Anniversary of Algerian Independence from France	The Martyr's Memorial stands 92m tall	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers
Each corner of the monument has a statue of a soldier	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers
The Museum of the War of Independence (Musée National du Moudjahid) is housed beneath the memorial	Corner statue, Martyr's Memorial	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Martyr's Memorial under a bright blue sky, Algiers
Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers
Corner statue - the first resistance to French colonialism	View of the Jardin d'Essai from the Martyr's Memorial	The French Garden, Jardin d'Essai	View from the Martyr's Memorial
Port of Algiers from the Martyr's Memorial	Statue of a soldier representing the first stage of Algerian resistance against the French	For some silly reason, the Algerian military decided that it is not proper to walk all around - or under - the monument...	Sanctuaire du Martyr - the Algerian Martyr's Memorial
Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	مقام الشهيد	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers
Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Statue at the Martyr's Memorial	There are 3 statues, but their silly rules prevent you from walking around to the other side to view the third...whatever...	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers
Algerian Army Museum on the opposite end of Place des Martyrs	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Martyr's Memorial, Algiers	Place des Martyrs, Alger
Place des Martyrs, Alger	Place des Martyrs, Alger	Army Museum with a Russian SA-75 missile, Algiers	Algerian MiG-17, Algerian Army Museum
Algerian MiG-17 (#275), Places des Martyrs	Algerian Army Museum, Place des Martyrs	Place des Martyrs, Alger	Shopping plaza beneath the Place des Martyrs, Alger
Modern art - Places des Martyrs	Téléphérique between the Jardin d'Essai and the Sanctuaire des Martyrs	AlgeriaJun13 0639.jpg	View to the east from the Martyr Memorial cable car
View to the east from the Martyr Memorial cable car	Martyr's Monument from the botanical garden, Jardin d'Essai	Martyr's Monument from the botanical garden, Jardin d'Essai	Martyr's Monument from the botanical garden, Jardin d'Essai
Martyr's Monument between apartment towers	Martyr's Monument from the National Library	Martyr's Monument, Alger