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The Casbah (Arabic: قصبة, qaṣba, meaning citadel) is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. In 1992, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proclaimed Kasbah of Algiers a World Cultural Heritage Site, as "There are the remains of the citadel, old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the remains of a ...
Kasbah of Sfax in Tunisia. A kasbah (/ ˈ k æ z b ɑː /, also US: / ˈ k ɑː z-/; Arabic: قصبة, romanized: qaṣaba, lit. 'fortress', Arabic pronunciation:, Maghrebi Arabic:), also spelled qasbah, qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city.
Ketchaoua Mosque is located in the historic Casbah of Algiers in the southern part of the city, approximately 250 metres east of the Djamaa el Kebir mosque, near the Archbishop's Palace of Algiers and National Library of Algeria. The mosque, built during the city's Ottoman period, was once at the centre of the city. Its strategic location on ...
Kasbah of Algiers: Algiers: 1992 565; ii, iv (cultural) The kasbah, or fortified citadel, is located on the Mediterranean coast. Built on the site of a Phoenician trading post from the 6th century BCE, it got its present layout in the 16th century under the Ottomans.
The Battle of Algiers [a] (also called the great repression of Algiers) [b] [5] was a campaign fought during the Algerian War.It consisted of urban guerrilla warfare and terrorist attacks carried out by the National Liberation Front (FLN) against the French authorities in Algiers, and by the French authorities, army, and French terrorist organizations against the FLN. [6]
August: Algiers airport bombing. Casbah of Algiers designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. [9] 1994 24 December: Air France Flight 8969 hijacked at Algiers Airport. [23] National Library of Algeria building inaugurated. 1997 – Algiers Stock Exchange established. 1998 – Population: 2,988,145. 2000 L'Expression newspaper begins publication.
Djamaa el Kebir (Arabic: الجامع الكبير, romanized: djama' el-kebir), also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers (French: Grande mosquée d'Alger), is a historic mosque in Algiers, Algeria. It is located within the Casbah (old city), near the city's harbor. [ 1 ]
Icosium (Punic: ʾY KSM, "Island of the Owls"; Ancient Greek: Ἰκόσιον, Ikósion) was a Phoenician and Punic settlement [1] in modern-day Algeria.It was part of Numidia and later became an important Roman colony [2] and an early medieval bishopric (now a Latin titular see) in the casbah area of modern Algiers.