Kasbah
A kasbah, also spelled qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city. It is also equivalent to the term alcazaba in Spanish, which derives from the same Arabic word.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Ibn Faris Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Ben Farès Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ben Farès, originally built as the Great Synagogue of Algiers, is a mosque and former synagogue in Algiers.
Ketchaoua Mosque
Photo: Brahimpic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ketchaoua Mosque is a mosque in the city of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Ketchaoua Mosque is situated 180 metres east of Kasbah.
Sidi Mohamed Sharif Mosque
Photo: Brahimpic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sidi Mohamed Sharif Mosque is situated 110 metres southwest of Kasbah.
Localities in the Area
Casbah of Algiers
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Casbah is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it.
Bāb al-Wādī
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre.
Alger Centre
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alger Centre is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria.
Kasbah
- Type: Residential area
- Description: type of medina or fortress in Arab or Islamic places
- Categories: citadel and historic site
- Location: Algiers Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.7847° or 36° 47' 5" northLongitude
3.05879° or 3° 3' 32" eastElevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open Location Code
8F85Q3M5+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1173104236OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap Feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
2492676Wikidata ID
Q89468Kasbah Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: القصبات المغاربية
- Arabic: القصبة
- Arabic: قصبة
- Arabic: قصبة الجزائر
- Basque: Kasbah
- Catalan: alcassaba
- Catalan: kasbah
- Catalan: qasba
- Chinese: 古堡
- Chinese: 城郭
- Croatian: Kazba
- Czech: Kasba
- Danish: Kasbah
- Dutch: Kasba (bouwwerk)
- Dutch: Kasba
- Dutch: kasba
- English: Casbah of Algiers
- English: kasbah
- English: quasabeh
- Esperanto: Kasbaho
- French: Casbah d'Alger
- French: Kasbah
- French: kasbah
- German: Kasbah
- German: Kasbah von Algier
- Greek: Κάσμπα
- Greek: Κάσμπαχ
- Hebrew: קסבה
- Hungarian: Kaszba
- Hungarian: kaszaba
- Hungarian: kaszba
- Ido: Kasba
- Indonesian: Kasbah
- Italian: Casbah di Algeri
- Italian: casba
- Italian: kasba
- Italian: kasbah
- Italian: qasba
- Italian: qasbah
- Italian: qaṣba
- Japanese: カサバ
- Japanese: カスバ (建造物)
- Malay: Qasabah
- Norwegian: Kasbah
- Norwegian Bokmål: kasbah
- Occitan (post 1500): Kasbah
- Polish: Kasba
- Polish: Kasbah
- Portuguese: Casbá
- Russian: Касба
- Serbian: Казба
- Serbo-Croatian: Kazba
- Slovak: Kasba
- Slovenian: Kasbah
- Spanish: Casbah de Argel
- Spanish: Qasba
- Spanish: alcabaza
- Spanish: casba
- Spanish: casbah
- Spanish: kasbah
- Spanish: qasbah
- Swedish: Kasbah
- Turkish: Kasbah (kasaba)
- Turkish: Kasbah
- Ukrainian: Казба
- Upper Sorbian: kasbah
- Urdu: قصبہ
- Casba
- Casbah
- La Kasbah
- Qasbah
Other Places Named Kasbah
In the Area
Localities
- Droudj el RoundaHamlet
- 3 HorlogesNeighbourhood
- Climat de FranceNeighbourhood
- Oued KoricheTown
- Beau FraisierVillage
- ScalaNeighbourhood
Other Places
- Ecole quran sidi AbdullahSchool
- مدرسةSchool, 160 metres northeast
- كشكKiosk, 220 metres west
- وجبات سريعةFast food restaurant, 220 metres west
- Fondation CasbahBuilding, 230 metres northwest
- مقهىCoffeehouse, 230 metres west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Kasbah. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.