Kasbah of Algiers World Heritage Site

Official name

Kasbah of Algiers | UNESCO

Country

Algeria | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

City and Wilaya (province) of Algiers
36.7833° Lat, 3.6020° Lon | Map

Code

565

Time Zone

Africa/Algiers (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1992. 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.