Tag Algerian Landmarks

High above Algiers Bay, the Casbah — UNESCO’s official English spelling is “Kasbah”, while “Casbah” remains common in English-language writing, and القصبة in Arabic — climbs the hillside in a tangle of whitewashed houses, stepped lanes and covered passages. It…

Constantine did not so much build its bridges as it was compelled to. The historic core of Constantine — often described as the capital of eastern Algeria — sits on a remarkable natural fortress: a rock plateau carved on nearly…

On a hilltop plateau about 70 kilometres west of Algiers, there is a circular stone tomb the size of a small stadium. It has been standing for roughly two thousand years. Scholars have argued about who built it, and who…

The Jardin d’Essai du Hamma — also known as El Hamma Botanical Garden or simply Jardin d’Essai — is one of Algiers’ most distinctive public spaces. Spread across roughly 32 hectares in the capital’s El Hamma district, it combines a…

Ghardaia is the principal town of the M’Zab Valley, a cluster of five fortified hilltop settlements rising from the rocky plateau of Algeria’s northern Sahara. Founded by Ibadi communities—ancestors of today’s Mozabites—from the early 11th century, it remains the spiritual…

The Maqam Echahid (Martyrs’ Memorial) stands as Algeria’s most iconic monument, commemorating those who died in the struggle for independence. Built between 1981-1982, this striking concrete structure rises 92 meters above Algiers, visible from across the city. Created through collaboration…