Archaeology >> Heritage sites>> Kasbah of Algiers

Location	Algiers
Country	Algeria
Year of Research	1992
Culture	The Kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city. It lies in one of the finest coastal sites on the Mediterranean, overlooking the islands where a Carthaginian trading-post was founded 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 along with a deep-rooted sense of community.