Kasbah of Algiers,Algeria.

 The Kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city. It stands in one of the finest coastal sites on the Mediterranean, overlooking the islands where a Carthaginian trading-post was established in the 4th century BC. 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.
The following cards and stamps were sent by Habib. Thank you my friend.

                    

Date of Inscription: 1992

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Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad,Algeria.

This site is located 36 km to the north-east of the town of M'Sila. This ensemble of preserved ruins, at 1,000 m altitude, is located in a mountainous setting of striking beauty on the southern flank of Djebel Maâdid. The Qal'a of Beni Hammad was founded at the beginning of the 11th century by Hammad, son of Bologhine (founder of Algiers), and abandoned in 1090 under the threat of a Hilalian invasion. It is one of the most interesting and most precisely dated monumental complexes of the Islamic civilisation. It was the first capital of the Hammadid emirs and enjoyed great splendour. This large sized card affixed with beautiful stamp was sent by Habib.
Date of Inscription: 1980
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M'Zab Valley,Algeria.

Located 600 km south of Algiers, in the heart of the Sahara Desert, the five Ksour (fortified villages) of the M'Zab Valley form an extraordinarily homogeneous ensemble in the desert, the mark of a sedentary and urban civilisation possessing an original culture that has, through its own merit, preserved its cohesion throughout the centuries. Comprised of Ksour and palm groves of El-Atteuf, Bounoura, Melika, Ghardaïa and Beni-Isguen (founded between 1012 and 1350), the M'Zab Valley has conserved practically the same way of life and the same building techniques since the 11th century, ordered as much by a specific social and cultural context, as by the need for adaptation to a hostile environment, the choice of which responded to a historic need for withdrawal and a defensive imperative.
Thank you Habib for this beautiful card.
Date of Inscription: 1982
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Tassili,Algeria.

It is a mountain range in the Algerian section of the Sahara Desert having vast plateau in south-east Algeria at the borders of Libya and Niger, covering an area of 72,000 Km's.
The range is also noted for its prehistoric rock art and other ancient archaeological sites, dating from the Neolithic era when the local climate was less dry, savannah rather than desert.The exceptional density of paintings and engravings have made Tassili world famous since 1933, the year of its discovery.More than 15,000 engravings have been identified to date.
Habib from Algeria sent this beautiful card.

Timgad,Algeria.

It was a Roman-Berber town in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. The full name of the town was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi. Trajan commemorated the city after his mother Marcia, eldest sister Ulpia Marciana, and father Marcus Ulpius Traianus.
Located in modern-day Algeria, about 35 km east of the town of Batna, the ruins are noteworthy for representing one of the best extant examples of the grid plan as used in Roman city planning.
Received this card from Habib yesterday.

Djémila,Algeria.

It is situated near the northern coast east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Berbero-Roman ruins in North Africa are found.
In 1982, Djémila became a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique adaptation of Roman architecture to a mountain environment. Significant buildings in ancient Cuicul(now Djemila) include a theatre, two fora, temples, basilicas, arches, streets and houses. The exceptionally well preserved ruins surround the forum of the Harsh, a large paved square with an entry marked by a majestic arch.
Thank you Habib for the beautiful card.

Tipasa,Algeria.

On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa was an ancient trading centre,  conquered by Romans and turned into a strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman, palaeo-christian and Byzantine ruins alongside indigenous monuments such as the Kbor er Roumia, the great royal mausoleum of Mauretania.
 My first ever UNESCO card from Algeria, thanks to my Facebook friend Habib. Also, I like the 2013 Interpol stamp affixed.
Date of Inscription: 1982
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