states: [algeria]
category: cultural
year: 1992
location: City and Wilaya (province) of Algiers
region: Arab States
latitude/longitude: 36.7833300000, 3.0602800000
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.
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