The Casbah of Algiers, a several thousand-year-old historic city, extends over a surface of 110 hectares and has a geostrategic configuration with a large cultural heritage and a huge number of cultural buildings belonging to different historical periods
ExploreAlgiers – Cervantes city
Miguel de Cervantès
(Born on 29 September 1547 in Alcalá de Henares and buried on 23 April 1616 in Madrid),he is a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. He is famous for his novel “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha”, published in 1605 and known as the first modern novel.
ExploreExplore the Cervantes circuit
From the Casbah to the Cave
Dar El Soltane
Mosque Sidi Ramdane
Hammam Sidna
Dar Aziza
Djemaa El Kebir
Raïs Palace
El Djenina street
The cave
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Dar Khedaouedj El Amia
Dar Khedaouedj El Amia is an Algerian palace built in 1570 and located in the lower Kasbah, this palace belonged to the princess khadijah khaznadji, also written khasnadji. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1887. The Khedaoudj el Amia Palace is currently home to the National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.
09, rue Mohamed Akli Malek, AlgerMustapha Pasha Palace
Mustapha Pasha Palace is a Moorish palace,located in the Casbah of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria. It houses the National Museum of Miniatures, Illumination and Calligraphy.It was built by the future Dey Mustapha Pacha between 1798and 1799.
Rue Aoua Abdelkader, Casbah 16000Museum of Fine Arts
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers, is one of the largest art museums in Africa. Its collection (8000 works) includes painted works, drawings, engravings and old prints, sculptures, antique furniture and decorative art, ceramics, glassware, as well as a collection of numismatics.
Rue Dr Laveran, AlgerVilla Dar Abdelattif
Villa Abd-el-Tif is a small palace located in the countryside of the town of Algiers. An example of eighteenth-century djenan architecture, it housed from 1907 to 1962 painters from metropolitan France on the premise of the Villa Medici in Rome and, later, Casa Velazquez in Madrid.
Rue Dr Laveran, AlgerMartyr's Memorial
The memorial of the Martyr is a monument to the dead overlooking the city of Algiers, erected in 1982 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the independence of Algeria, in memory of the fighters of the Algerian War of Independence who died for liberation from the country.
Chemin Omar Kechkar, AlgerBotanical Garden
A lush garden, which extends in amphitheater. Created in 1832, it is considered one of the most important test and acclimatization gardens in the world.
Rue Mohamed Belouizdad, AlgerQseb El Hend
It is part of the heritage of the Ministry of Culture. This Arab-style patio building dates back, according to residents, to the Ottoman era. This building reminds Dar Sbitar in many ways. During the colonial period, this house served as PC to the forces of the Autonomous Zone
04, rue Ahmed Titah, Mohamed Belouizdad, AlgerMuseum of Antiquities
An art museum located in Algiers that opened in 1897. In 1911, it was described as the most beautiful collection of its kind in Algeria. The museum contains objects related to Algeria and Rome.
03, rue Franklin Roosevelt, Alger