La Consulaire is the name of a very large Algerian Barbary artillery piece which famously defended Algiers harbour. It was looted by the French during the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, on 5 July, and taken as a trophy to Brest, where it is still displayed.
La Consulaire is a 23
-feet long smoothed-bore muzzle-loading gun, ordered by Hasan Pasha for the completion of the fortifications of Algiers. It was founded in Algiers in 1542 by a Venetian founder for Hasan Agha. Its original name is Baba Marzug.
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Address (Unnamed Road), Brest 29200, France
Coordinates 48°23'9.655" N -4°29'42.601" E
