The Casbah of Algiers: walking tour of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in ALGERIA!

Join me in new series as we explore the incredible tourism sites of Algeria, the biggest country in Africa by land area! Today we are wandering the streets of the ancient Casbah of Algiers. Palaces, cathedrals, guillotine sites, a former synagogue, numerous locations from the Battle of Algiers...the more you explore, the more you discover! Many thanks to Untamed Borders and their local partner in Algeria FancYellow, with whom I booked this tour of Algiers: https://untamedborders.com/ https://www.fancyalgeria.com/ My guide Riad (WhatsApp: +213 797 71 25 12, Email: [email protected]) was great: very knowledgeable, and he tailored the tour to my specific interests. Highly recommend! According to UNESCO: "The Kasbah of Algiers is an outstanding example of a historic Maghreb city having had extensive influence on town-planning in the western part of the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa. Indeed, located on the Mediterranean coast, the site was inhabited at least from the 6th century BC when a Phoenician trading post was established there. The term Kasbah, that originally designated the highest point of the medina during the Zirid era, today applies to the ensemble of the old town of El Djazair, within the boundaries marked by the ramparts and built at the end of the 16th century, dating back to the Ottoman period. In this living environment where nearly 50,000 people reside, very interesting traditional houses, palaces, hammams, mosques and various souks are still conserved, the urban form of which bears witness to an effect of stratification of several styles in a complex and original system that has adapted remarkably well to a very hilly and uneven site." ⏱️ CHAPTERS ⏱️ 0:00​​​​ - Introduction 0:10 - Serkadji Prison, formerly Barberousse Prison 0:57 - Home of Abderrahmane Taleb 1:44 - Café on the roof with views of the Casbah 1:59 - Streets of Lower Casbah 2:20 - Ben Farès Mosque (formerly Grand Synagogue of Algiers) 2:55 - Ali La Pointe’s hideout 4:07 - Second hand market 4:13 - Battle of Algiers memorial 4:48 - Ketchaoua Mosque (formerly Cathedral of St Philippe) 5:14 - Dar Mustapha Pacha 6:27 - Martyrs' Square, Algiers 7:08 - Djamaʽa el Djedid (New Mosque) 🇲🇬 🇹🇳 🇬🇶 🇦🇴 MY OTHER WORK 🇦🇴 🇬🇶 🇹🇳 🇲🇬 🇲🇬 Kayak the Mangoky - Source To Sea Along Madagascar's Longest River: 🇲🇬 📚 https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?pa... 🎬    • We Tried to Kayak Madagascar’s Longest Riv...   🇦🇴 Kayak The Kwanza - Source To Sea Along Angola's Longest River: 🇦🇴 📚 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kayak-Kwanza... 🎬    • Kayak the Kwanza - Documentary   🇹🇳 Bradt Guide to Tunisia: 🇹🇳 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tunisia-Brad... 🇦🇴 Bradt Guide to Angola: 🇦🇴 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Angola-Bradt... 🇬🇶 Bradt Guide to Equatorial Guinea: 🇬🇶 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Equatorial-G...