Algeria

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, stands as a North African country. Algeria shares its borders, being adjacent to Tunisia in the northeast, Libya to the east, Niger to the southeast, and Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara in the southwest. To the west, Algeria is bordered by Morocco, while the north is embraced by Mediterranean Sea. Algeria is considered part of the Maghreb region of North Africa

Algeria

The Old City of Algiers

A medieval haven for pirates, the Old City (kasbah) remembers a time when it housed up to 25,000 slaves. Its most famous slave, Miguel Cervantes, spent 5 years in an Algerian prison. A distinctive feature of the old town is the absence of squares,... read more

Algeria

Fort Santa Cruz

Fort Santa Cruz is one of the three fortresses of Oran, the second largest port city in Algeria. The other two citadels, Fort de la Man and Saint-Philippe, are located in the western part of the port and the city centre. The three fortresses are c... read more

Algeria

The ancient capital of Hammadid

In the north of Algeria, in the administrative district of Msila is the city of Kal'at-Banu Hammad, once the ancient capital of the Hammadid dynasty. Founded in 1007, the fortress served its masters until 1152, when it was destroyed in an atta... read more

Algeria

Tassilin-Ager

The Tassilin-Ajer mountain range is located in the Sahara in south-eastern Algeria. It is home to the largest of the 3,000 rock art monuments found in the desert. What makes this area on the mountain range unique are the numerous caves and arched... read more

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Egypt

Khan Al-Khalili Market

Khan-Al-Khalili is a large market in the Muslim neighbourhood of Cairo, one of the city's striking landmarks. The square that Khan-Al-Khalili occupies was originally the site of the Saffron Tomb mausoleum, the burial place of the Fatimid caliphs. Emir Al-Khalili ordered the destruction of the Fatimid cemetery in 1382 in order to build a large caravanserai. At that time, this was the central... read more

Greece

Ancient Agora

In the heart of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis, lie the ruins of the Ancient Agora. During the period of ancient Greece (from about the beginning of the 6th century BC) it was the political, financial, administrative, cultural and religious ce... read more

Mali

Niono

The city of Niono is known as the "Venice of Mali" because of its system of canals and channels that criss-cross the entire city, and the local brick mosque is almost as famous as the famed Djenné Mosque.