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Tourist Spot 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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  • 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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  • 4. 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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  • 6. La Gare d'Oran Oran
    This article is about the Little Africa in Paris, France. For other uses, please see Little Africa. The Goutte d'Or is a neighbourhood in Paris, located in the 18th arrondissement. The neighbourhood has large numbers of North African and sub-Saharan residents. It is known for its open-air market, le marché Dejean.
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  • 8. M'Zab Valley Ghardaia Province
    The M'zab or Mzab, , is a natural region of the northern Sahara Desert in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. It is located 600 km south of Algiers and there are approximately 360,000 inhabitants .
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  • 12. 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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  • 13. Ketchaoua Mosque Algiers
    The Ketchaoua Mosque is a mosque in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It was built during the Ottoman rule in the 17th century and is located at the foot of the Casbah, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The mosque that stands on the first of the Casbah’s many steep stairways, was logistically and symbolically the cynosure of the pre-colonial city of Algiers. The mosque is noted for its unique fusion of Moorish and Byzantine architecture.The mosque was originally built in 1612. Later, in 1845, it was converted during French rule, to the Cathedral of St Philippe, which remained so until 1962. It was reconverted into a mosque in 1962. In spite of these transitions over two different religious faiths in roughly the last four centuries, the mosque has retained its original grandeur and is...
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