Casbah of Algiers

**Casbah of Algiers**, nyɛla bɛ ni tooi zooi ka bɛ booni shɛli Casbah (Arabic: القصبة, Al-qaṣabah, din gbunni nyɛ "citadel"), tiŋ'zuɣu zaŋti Algeria. di nyɛla tiŋgbani yaɣ'shɛli bɛ ni kali pahi UNESCO World Heritage Site tum yuuni 1992. 

## Di pilli
Kasbah n-nyɛ gooni ni gili shɛ North African tiŋ'kara mini tiŋ'bihi ni.

## Tiŋgbani biɛhigu


File:Cassbah_au_XVIs.jpg|Panoramic map of Algiers dating from the 16th century.
File:Stoopendael_Algiers_1680s.jpg|Algiers before the colonization by the French.
File:Expédition_de_Charles-Quint_contre_Alger_(Léon_Galibert,_p._184).jpg|The expedition of Charles V in front of the Bab Azzoun gate.


### French colonial period


File:Alger, la Casbah en 1830 (7757519166).jpg|Reconstruction of the Kasbah in 1830.
File:Bild från familjen von Hallwyls resa genom Algeriet och Tunisien, 1889-1890.. "Vy över Alger." - Hallwylska museet - 91850.tif|Algiers in 1890: the colonial seafront and the Kasbah in the background.
File:Mosquée de Sidi-Abd-er-Rhaman et rempart d'Alger.jpg|Mosque of Sidi-Abd-er-Rhaman and rampart of Algiers in the mid-19th century.
File:Fontaine près la porte Neuve (Alger).jpg|Fountain near the Porte Neuve, mid-19th century.


## Notable Figures

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## Socio-Urban Structure


File:TerasseCasbah.jpg|Terrace of a Kasbah house.
File:PassageAlger.jpg|An arched passage or *Sabbath gate*.
File:Constructioncasbah.jpg|Closely spaced buildings, evidence of dense urbanization.
File:Terrasse casbah alger.jpg|Terraces descending "in steps" towards the sea.
File:CasbahAlger1.jpg|Painted slabs with the Kasbah motif.


## Architecture


File:Colonne Casbah.jpg|Column with a twisted shaft.
File:Chapiteau Casbah Alger.jpg|Composite capital of white marble, decorated with a crescent.
File:Balustrade casbah alger 2.jpg|Balustrade of carved wood.
File:Frise céramique Casbah Alger.jpg|Ornamental features of an archway: ceramic frieze, abacus and capital.
File:Ouvrant porte casbah Alger.jpg|Inner door opening carved with geometric motifs.
File:CasbahAlger2.jpg|Framed door ornamentation



File:Dar Khaznadji ou Dar Aziza.jpg|*Dar Aziza* in the foreground, the last part of the former *Djenina* palace built in the 16th century and largely destroyed by fire in the 19th century.
File:Portecasbah.jpg|*Khdaoudj El Amia Palace*, now the "museum of popular arts".
File:CasbahDarHasanPacha.jpg|The entrance to the *Mustapha Pacha Palace*.
File:Ceiling from a Casbah Building.jpg|Carved wooden ceiling of the Palais des Raïs.
File:Dar Hassan Pacha - Algiers.jpg|*Hassan Pacha Palace*, winter residence of the French Governor General of Algeria.
File:Darhassanpacha (2).jpg|Interior of the *Hassan Pacha Palace*.

File:Jamaa al-Jdid.JPG|*[[Djamaa el Djedid|Jamaa al-Jdid]]* mosque, built in 1660.
File:Mosquée Jamaa Berrani.jpg|*Jamaa Berrani*; in the background, the dey's palace.
File:Minaret de la Grande Mosquée d'Alger (Djamâa El Kebir).jpg|The minaret of the *Jamaa el Kébir* mosque, in the .
File:Interior of Grand mosque.jpg|Interior of *Jamaa el Kébir*, a testament to Hispano-Moorish and Almoravid art (c.1892).

File:La merdersa.jpg|The *medersa Thaâlibiyya*, built in a neo-Moorish style in 1904.
File:The view from Sidi Abder Rahman Mosque on the bay of Algiers.jpg|Mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane, serving as a small mosque and cemetery. Some of the rulers of the Regency of Algiers and religious dignitaries are buried there.


### Citadel and defensive structures


File:CitadelleAlger.jpg|View of the fortifications of the citadel, which gives the old town its name of *Casbah*.
File:CitadelleAlger2.jpg|View of the citadel minaret.
File:CitadelleAlger3.jpg|View of part of the *Dar Soltan* palace, palace of the last Dey of Algiers.

File:RaïsPalace.jpg|Battery of the Palais de Raïs.
File:2 juin 1916.jpg|*Borj el Fanar* (c.1916), seat of *Captan Raïs*, harbour master, and of the *Oukil el Hardj*, minister of the navy during the period of the regency of Algiers.
File:Remparts-dalger.png|The ramparts of Algiers on the south-eastern side in the 19th century before their demolition.
File:Muraille Alger.jpg|The ramparts, on the western side of the medina.
File:Attaque d alger explosion du fort de l empereur.jpg|Explosion of the *Borj Moulay Hassan* or Emperor's Fort, in 1830, sabotaged by the Janissaries during the capture of Algiers.
File:Bordj Tamenfoust.JPG|*Borj Tamentfoust*, located opposite the .
File:Amirauté alger.jpg|The admiralty of Algiers, the harbor and the various borjs that make it up. In the background, the octagonal building of the *Peñon* rock (dating from the 16th century) topped by the lighthouse tower.


## Kaya ni taɣada

File:Moorish women making Arab carpets, Algiers, Algeria-LCCN2001697844.jpg|Women of Algiers weaving a carpet (c.1899).
File:Dinandier Casbah Alger.jpg|A coppersmith craftsman.
File:Menuisier Casbah.jpg|Carpentry workshop in the Casbah.
File:Lustre Casbah.jpg|Handcrafted copper chandelier.
File:Algerian Tanchifa 18th C.JPG|Silk embroidery known as *point d'Alger* from the 18th century

File:Fontaine_casbah.JPG|*Aïn Sidi Mhamed Cherif*.
File:Fontainecasbah.jpg|*Aïn Sidi Ramdane*.
File:Fontainecasbah2.jpg|*Aïn Bir Chebana*.
File:Fontainepalaiscasbah.jpg|Fountain in the patio of *Dar Mustapha Pacha*.


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## Niriba ban yuya du

* Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (1384-1479)
* Abdelhalim Bensmaia (1866-1933)
* Mohamed Charef (1908-2011)
* Brahim Boushaki (1912-1997)
* Abderrahmane Taleb (1930-1958)
Djamila Bouhired (bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1935)
* Djamila Boupacha (bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1938)
* Mustapha Toumi (1937-2013)

## Lihi pahi

* Kasbah
* Medina quarter

### Tiŋgbani biɛhigu

* Algiers
* Mitidja

### Taarihi

* Zirid dynasty
* Regency of Algiers

### Algerian War

* Battle of Algiers (1956–1957)
* Serkadji Prison
* Saadi Yacef
* Ali La Pointe
* Hassiba Ben Bouali
* Little Omar

### Cinema

* ''Pépé le Moko'' by Julien Duvivier (1937)
* ''Algiers'' by John Cromwell (1938)
* ''Casbah'' by John Berry (1948)
* ''Heart of the Casbah'' by Pierre Cardinal (1952)
* ''The Battle of Algiers'' by Gillo Pontecorvo (1965)

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