On the way to Camus's ravishing Tipasa then I noted how the typically France bandstands that once dominated the main square of small provincial towns were no longer there. In the heart of Algiers itself (a much less dour, perhaps more self-assured city, than I remembered it from 1973), on the Plateau des Glières which had provided the focus for the events of 1958, the hideous Monument aux Morts still stood. But — instead of removing it in its entirety — the Algerians had simply rendered over with cement its excessive bas-reliefs to colonial feats of arms.

XREF: Connects to broader discussions of how post-colonial nations handle memorials and statuary from their former colonizers.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1693