Algeria, Africa
Djemila, situated in mountains some 30 miles from Setif, is one of North Africa's most monumental sites. The wheel-rutted streets of ancient Cuicul, founded by Nerva to house his veterans, are lined with two fora and a clutch of elaborate houses, churches and temples
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Algeria, Africa
The basilica was inaugurated in 1872, after fourteen years of construction. Its architect, Fromageau, who had been appointed the chief architect for ecclesiastical buildings in French Algeria in 1859, employed a Neo-Byzantine style that was in vogue for church architecture in France at that time.
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Algeria, Africa
The Great Mosque of Algiers or “Djama’a al-Kebir” (meaning Great Mosque) is a mosque in Algiers, Algeria, located very close to Algiers Harbor. An inscription on the minbar) or the pulpit testifies to fact that the mosque was built in 1097.
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Algeria,Africa
The M'Zab v alley is formed by a wadi which crosses a rocky plateau crossed by dry riv erbeds, called chebka1, 600 km to the south of Algiers. It was settled by a population of Ibadites, followers of a specif ic form of Islam, in the 11th century.
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Algeria,Africa
Located in the Batna Province of Algeria, the Belezma National Park is considered to be one of the most important national parks in this vast bio-diverse country.
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