Kasbah

fort, Algiers, Algeria
Also known as: Qaṣbah

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history of Algiers

  • Algiers
    In Algiers: The contemporary city

    …by the fortress of the Kasbah (Qaṣbah), designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992; it was the residence of the last two Turkish deys, or governors, of Algiers. A prominent building in the Muslim section is the Ketchaoua Mosque, which prior to 1962 was the Cathedral of St. Philip…

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