The Kasbah of Algiers

Collection title

Collection EPTV

ID

EPT00069

Source

EPTV (DZ)

First broadcast date

02/24/2007

Production year

2007

Abstract

The casbah of Algiers is a sample of the historical town of the Maghreb which influenced town planning in the western part of the Mediterranean and sub-saharan Africa. The site is located on the Mediterranean coast and has been inhabited since the sixth century before our era when a phoenician trade counter was established. The term casbah, that referred to the highest spot of the medina in the Zirid period, now applies to the whole town of El Djazair, which limits are marked by ramparts of the Ottoman period, built at the end of the 16th century.

Type

video

Production companies

• EPTV - Own production

Broadcaster

EPTV - A3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Primary theme

Architecture

Secondary themes

• Tourism and cultural sites / Urbanism and cities / Capitals

Credits / Cast

• Bayou Ramdane Djazia - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1800 to 1850

Map locations

• Algeria - Centre - Casbah of Algiers

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

4m14

Additional information