This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Historic Sites Attractions In Algeria

x
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb on the Mediterranean coast. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres , Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, and the largest in Africa since South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidenti...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Historic Sites Attractions In Algeria

  • 1. Fort Santa Cruz Oran
    Fort Santa Cruz is one of the three forts in Oran, the second largest port city of Algeria; the other two forts are Fort de la Moune at the western end of the port and Fort Saint-Philippe, a replacement of the old castle of the Saints known in Spanish as Castillo de los Santos, at the centre of Oran. The three forts are connected by tunnels. Fort Santa Cruz was built between 1577 and 1604 by the Spaniards on the Pic d’Aidour above Gulf of Oran in the Mediterranean Sea, at an elevation of above 400 metres . In 1831, the French occupied Oran and the fort. A small chapel, known as the Chapel of Santa Cruz, stands close to the fort. This chapel has been refurbished with a tower, which has a huge statue of the Virgin Mary, said to be a replica of that at Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseilles, ...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 3. M'Zab Valley Ghardaia Province
    The M'zab or Mzab, , is a natural region of the northern Sahara Desert in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. It is located 600 km south of Algiers and there are approximately 360,000 inhabitants .
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 5. Kasbah of Algiers Algiers
    The Casbah is specifically the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. In 1992, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proclaimed Kasbah of Algiers a World Cultural Heritage site, as 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.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 8. El Mansourah Tlemcen
    El Gor is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 10. Lambaesis Ruins Batna
    Lambaesis , Lambaisis or Lambaesa , is a Roman archaeological site in Algeria, 11 km southeast of Batna and 27 km west of Timgad, located next to the modern village of Tazoult. The former bishopric is also a Latin Catholic titular bishopric.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 13. Bordj Tamentfoust Algiers
    Bordj Tamentfoust is an Ottoman fort in the city of Tamentfoust, Algeria. The fort is among several Ottoman forts built during the Ottoman rule of Algeria, which were established to guard the city of Algiers. With the exception of Bordj Tamentfoust, most of the forts no longer exist or in a good condition. The fort was built on the highest point of Tamentfoust, at the western end of the Bay of Algiers.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 14. La vache qui pleure Djanet
    La vache qui pleure is the ninth album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 2003. It is named after a prehistoric bas-relief near Djanet in the south of Algeria which is pictured on the album cover. Its title La vache qui pleure may also be a joke with the famous French cheese label La vache qui rit . It is the sisters' second full album of French songs, following on from their 1980 album Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse, while several of their other albums also included a few French songs.The album does include one English song, Sunflower, which is a setting of William Blake's poem Ah! Sunflower. The same song is performed in French , as a straight translation of the original. Blake's poem is not acknowledged in the credits for either song. Guest musicians on the album include Joel Zifkin...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 15. Hassi Messaoud Well Hassi Messaoud
    Hassi Messaoud is a town in Ouargla Province, eastern Algeria, located 85 kilometres southeast of Ouargla. As of 2008 it had a population of 45,147 people, up from 40,360 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 1.1%, the lowest in the province. Oil was discovered there in 1956 and the town's prominence has grown rapidly since then; it is considered as the First Energy town in Algeria where all the big oil and gas companies have offices and bases. It is an oil refinery town named after the first oil well. A water well, dug in 1917, can be found on the airport side of town. Today there are over 800 wells within a 25 kilometres radius of the town.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Algeria Videos

Shares

x

Places in Algeria

x

Regions in Algeria

x

Near By Places

Menu