Travel Journal : The Casbah Of Algiers.

Woke up today to a sunny and beautiful day, so me and @benanis planned to go to the Casbah also known as the real Algiers.

Historical Context

The Casbah (Kasbah) means : Fortress. It's a mid-sized city built in Algiers, Algeria ( a city inside a city, inception.) during the 17th century. It was declared as World Cultural Heritage in 1992 by the UNESCO as "There are the remains of the citadel, old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the remains of a traditional urban structure associated with a deep-rooted sense of community."

Adventure Time

So I have been living here 24 years but never really had the time to explore it, but I decided to change that, since it's a historical place and one that marked Algeria forever because it's where the war between France and Algeria started.

There are many ways to enter the Casbah but we took the hardest road and kept climbing.

We started down from this beautiful mosque ( The Ketchaoua mosque )

The details on it are amazing, from the drawings to the doors.

This mosque was built in 1436 and then was renovated during the reing of El Dey Hussein in 1794.

After a short stop to take some photos of the mosque, the stair climbing Adventure began! Wohooo!

Again

And again

But while walking around between these traditional old houses we discovered some really cool paintings...

And this algerian style of creating a 3D painting this was actually made in the 17th century and thinking that 3D didn't exist at the time the artist made this had me blown away by his creativity!

We also found some expressive street art like this cool one!

And this one

After climbing so high, we got tired and had to make a stop to get some water and enjoy the fresh air, that's where we discovered this beautiful amazing view on the Mediterranean Sea!

We also found this natural source of water that @benanis enjoyed showering in! Haha joking we just washed our faces and refilled our water bottles.

At the mean time a small friend came to say hi to us!

So after that small pitch stop we kept going and we arrived to an amazing palace called, The Place Of Khedouj El Amya when translated means The Palace Of The Blind Khedouj (Khedouj is a name of an Arabic woman)

So we started wandering inside and discovering everything there was to discover from these ancient jars that were used to conserve and transport water back in the days...

To the ancient powder guns and melee weapons the algerian warriors used in wars.

Discovering this palace was so dreamy we went floor by floor, room by room savouring every taste and every vibe it had to offer! I loved everything in it, like the details in there, they were just crazy and advanced for the 17th century architects.

The details on the door!

Or the design of this small court

Which had its roof designed later by the French colony making it modern-ish.

And also this room where an old war hero was born and raised.

Here's a little peak of what they used to wear back then:

Men

Women

And this is what a traditional algerian living room used to look like

The next photos I took show how they used to live and dress themselves.

NB: the photographers were not mentioned in the photos.

That is it for me, I hope you enjoyed exploring a small part of The Casbah with me, I'll be visiting the other sides very soon, it's a big place and impossible to visit in one day so stick around for the next chapters!

Here are some extra photos I took ;)

@benanis discovering the secret door to becoming a whale lol.

Thank you for reading 🌺