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The Best Attractions In Algeria

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Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb on the Mediterranean coast. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres , Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, and the largest in Africa since South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidenti...
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The Best Attractions In Algeria

  • 1. Basilique Notre-Dame d'Afrique Algiers
    Basilique Notre-Dame is the French name for a number of Basilicas dedicated to the Virgin Mary. These include: Notre-Dame d'Afrique, Byzantine Revival building in Algiers, Algeria, inaugurated in 1872 Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Alençon, 15th century Gothic building in Alençon, Orne, France Basilique Notre-Dame de Bonsecours, Gothic Revival building in Bonsecours, Normandy, France, completed in 1844 Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, Classical and Renaissance building in Boulogne, France Notre-Dame de la Daurade, 19th century building in Toulouse, France Basilique Notre-Dame de la Délivrance, minor basilica in Popenguine, Senegal dedicated in 1991 Notre-Dame de l'Épine, Flamboyant Gothic building in L'Épine, Marne, France built in 1527 Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Romanesque an...
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  • 3. Fort Santa Cruz Oran
    Fort Santa Cruz is one of the three forts in Oran, the second largest port city of Algeria; the other two forts are Fort de la Moune at the western end of the port and Fort Saint-Philippe, a replacement of the old castle of the Saints known in Spanish as Castillo de los Santos, at the centre of Oran. The three forts are connected by tunnels. Fort Santa Cruz was built between 1577 and 1604 by the Spaniards on the Pic d’Aidour above Gulf of Oran in the Mediterranean Sea, at an elevation of above 400 metres . In 1831, the French occupied Oran and the fort. A small chapel, known as the Chapel of Santa Cruz, stands close to the fort. This chapel has been refurbished with a tower, which has a huge statue of the Virgin Mary, said to be a replica of that at Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseilles, ...
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  • 6. Basilique Saint Augustin Annaba
    The Basilica of St Augustine is a Roman Catholic basilica and pro-cathedral located in Annaba, Algeria. It is dedicated to Saint Augustine of Hippo. The basilica is under the circumscription of the Diocese of Constantine. Construction of the basilica began in 1881 and finished on March 29, 1900, though the church was not dedicated until April 24, 1914. The statue of St. Augustine in the basilica contains one of his arm bones. It was built not far from the remains of the Basilica Pacis built by Saint Augustine, where he died while the city was besieged by Vandals.
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  • 8. Chrea National Park Blida
    Chréa is a town in Algeria, located in Blida Province, Ouled Yaïch District, in a mountainous area named Tell Atlas, near Blida. In its municipality is situated the Chréa National Park, one of the smallest national parks of the country, and a ski resort.Within the national park is one of the few relict populations of the endangered primate, the Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus; this species of primate originally had a much wider range in Northern Algeria and Morocco.
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  • 11. Algerian Sahara Laghouat Province
    Laghouat is the capital city of the Laghouat Province, Algeria, 400 km south of the Algerian capital Algiers. As of 2005, the population of the city was 126,291 inhabitants. Nearby, in Hassi R'Mel, there is the largest natural gas reserve in Africa. The city was founded in the 11th century. In 1852, the French captured the city. Since 1974, it has been the seat of a province of the same name. Laghwat town in the Amour Range of the Saharan Atlas is an oasis on the north edge of the Sahara Desert. It is an important administrative and military center and marketplace, and is known for rug and tapestry weaving. There are natural gas deposits in the region. The town has a meteorological station. Laghouat traces its history at least to the 11th century. It paid tribute to Morocco in the 17th cen...
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  • 14. La Rue Didouche Mourad Algiers
    Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria. In 2011, the city's population was estimated to be around 3,500,000. An estimate puts the population of the larger metropolitan city to be around 5,000,000. Algiers is located on the Mediterranean Sea and in the north-central portion of Algeria.Sometimes nicknamed El-Behdja or alternatively Alger la Blanche for the glistening white of its buildings as seen rising up from the sea, Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. The modern part of the city is built on the level ground by the seashore; the old part, the ancient city of the deys, climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the casbah or citadel, 122 metres above the sea. The casbah and the two quays form a triangle.
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  • 15. Hammam Debagh Hot Springs Guelma
    Hammam Maskhoutine is a thermal complex and commune located in Hammam Debagh, of Guelma Province, Algeria. The dramatic, multicolored travertine walls of the spring have attracted attention from locals and tourists alike since the era of the Roman Empire.Hammam Maskhoutine is the historical name for this general area, also used to refer to the hot springs and the legend that named the town. Hammam Dbegh is the official name of the town itself, and Hammam Chellala is the name of the thermal complex and cascade.
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