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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 ...
The Ketchaoua Mosque (Arabic: جامع كتشاوة), also known as Djamaa Ketchaoua, is a mosque in the city of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It was built during Ottoman period in the 17th century and is located at the foot of the Casbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The mosque stands on the first of the Casbah's many steep ...
The Palais des Rais (Arabic: قصر الرياس), also known as Bastion 23, is a classified historical monument [1] [2] located in Algiers, Algeria.It is notable for its architecture and for being the last surviving quarter (houma) of the lower Casbah.
Palace of the Dey (Arabic: قصر الداي), [1] [2] also known as Algiers Castle (Arabic: قلعة الجزائر), is an Ottoman era palace in the city of Algiers, Algeria. Completed in the 16th century, it is situated inside the Casbah of Algiers, and settled by successive deys of the city.
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.
Dar Mustapha Pacha (French: Palais Mustapha Pacha) is a Moorish palace, [1] located in the Casbah of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria. It houses the National Museum of Miniatures, Illumination and Calligraphy. [2] It was built by the future Dey Mustapha Pacha between 1798 [3] and 1799. [4]
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.
Dar Hassan Pacha is an 18th-century palace located in the Casbah of Algiers, Algeria.It was built in 1791 and used to belong to Hassan III Pasha, who signed a treaty with the US September 5, 1795. [2]