Kasbah of Algiers
The Kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic
city. It stands in one of the finest coastal sites on the Mediterranean,
overlooking the islands where a Carthaginian trading-post was
established in the 4th century BC. There are the remains of the citadel,
old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the remains of a
traditional urban structure associated with a deep-rooted sense of
community.