The Casbah of Algiers
The Casbah of Algiers was brought into being lying on the remains of old Icosium. Icosium was the Roman city whose site is currently occupied by the casbah area of the modern city of Algiers. There are stonework walls and mosques. The Casbah played a central role during the Algerian struggle for independence from 1954-1962. Foreigners consider the Casbah to be a bewildering tangle of paths and dead-end alleyways bordered by scenic dwellings. Algerian powers that be consider father time, negligence and increase in population as the main factors to the degeneration of the Casbah of Algiers historic neighborhood.
