Casbah
About the place
- Country : Algeria , Algiers
- Address : Casbah, Algeria
- Category : Urban Facilities
Casbah
Overview:
casbah in Algeria is one of the most important tourist places in Algeria, and it is an ancient city that was built in the Ottoman era.
The ancient Casbah district is located in the heights of Algiers, and it is one of the largest old neighborhoods in Algeria, where history books say that Casbah was built on the Roman ruins of Icosium more than 2000 years ago by Prince "Buluggin ibn Ziri ibn Manad Al Sanhajahi".
UNESCO classified Casbah of Algeria within the World Heritage in 1992.
Casbah includes a group of mosques built by the Ottomans five centuries ago, and among the oldest of these mosques is the Ketchaoua Mosque, which was built in 1612 AD, and there are also in the ancient neighborhood, the Great Mosque, the Sultan Mosque, and Djemaa El Djedid. Casbah has the famous mausoleum “Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi,” which is considered a great shrine in this ancient neighborhood.
The old neighborhood includes a number of Ottoman palaces of great beauty and design. Among these palaces are "Ahmed Bey Palace", which was converted into the headquarter of the Algerian National Theatre, in addition to "Hamra Palace", which was turned into a house of culture.
Resources:
Al-ain website
Alaraby.co.uk
aljazeera.net
Urtrips website
Djanoub website
Syr-res
Islamonline
