Dear Reader (2025-10-25 – posted simultaneously to FB)
Our wander through Constantine continues.
The Ottoman empire in North Africa was divided into regencies, one of which was the Regency of Algiers. A regency was divided into areas ruled by a bey (governor). The bey of beys (governor of governors) was called a dey, and just like the highlander there could only be one (per regency).
In 1830 The Regency of Algiers fell to the French. Constantine still had a bey,Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif. In 1835 his new palace, which had been under construction for 10 years, was completed. The French eventually made it to Constantine to 1837, and the rule of the beys was over. All this is to say that the last Bey of Constantine only lived in his new palace for 2 years.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Bey_Palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine,_Algeria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_beys_of_Constantine,_Algeria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_of_Algiers
Notes on Photos
~ 01 – Interesting things continue to happen with the camera phone in low light using digital zoom
~ 02 – Wandering
~ 03 to 07 – The palace of Ahmed Bey
~ 08 to 12 – Wandering
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1- In this case, the low light digital zoom creates a painterly effect that I’m quite charmed by. This is a great example of less being more.
12- I found lots to look at in this image. The constricted sense of space and all the different textures quite charmed me.