Kasbah of Algiers

The Kasbah of Algiers was founded on the ruins of old Icosium, a Phoenician commercial outpost called which later developed into a small Roman town. It is a small city which, built on a hill, goes down towards the sea, divided in two: the High city and the Low city.

One finds there masonries and mosques of the 17th century; Ketchaoua mosque (built in 1794 by the Dey Baba Hassan) flanked by two minarets, mosque el Djedid (built in 1660, at the time of Turkish regency) with its large finished ovoid cupola points some and its four coupolettes, mosque El Kébir, mosque Ali Betchnin, Dar Aziza, palate of Jénina. In the Kasbah, there are also labyrinths of lanes and houses that are very picturesque.

Year	Decision	Comments
1992	Inscribed	Reasons for inscription
1991	Referred	Details of protection required. Also ICOMOS to carry out a comparative study of "Medinas"
1981	Requested by State Party to not be examined at WHC session	Nomination of Deys palace withdrawn: Algeria plans to include whole of Kasbah
1980	Deferred	"Dey's Palace at Algiers"

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christina (sweden):
hi there yes i been in algiers since 2 years a go and iam swedish is verry nice contry and lovely peoples i vesited kasbah and bardou meseum thats crasy , i saw the traditional
of algerians peoples since 18 s centry .
and i want to say one thing in the feture algeria is gonna be verry developing and up economic with the new presedent boutaflika thats it for today and good luck for this contry

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