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Algeria

Algeria is the largest country in Africa and the 10th largest in the world. The northernmost is known as the Tell with influences from the Mediterranean and the Atlas Mountains which separate the coastal plains from the desert to the south. The southern region, almost all desert forms the majority of the country's territory and is situated in the western portion of the Sahara which stretches across North Africa.

Languages spoken in Algeria are Arabic and French with some English and Spanish. The main religion is Islam 97% with Christian and Jewish 3%. The Currency is the dinar.

The Martyrs Memorial or locally called the Maqam Echahid is a concrete monument commemorating the Algerian War. The monument was opened in 1982, on the 20th anniversary of Algeria's independence.

Lots of locals enjoy the day walking around the memorial and the views in the distance of Algiers and the Mediterranean in the distance.

It is fashioned in the shape of three standing palm leaves, which shelter the "Eternal Flame" under it.

At the edge of each palm leaf is a statue of a soldier representing a stage of Algeria's struggle for independence. The monument has been erected on the site of an ancient military fort.

View from the rear side of the Martyrs' Memorial looking the city of Algiers below.

Looking at a close up of one of the apartment buildings below.

Entering the city Garden of Hamma.

The cactus blocked the name of the gardens. Garden of Hamma.

Tree lined walk into the garden.

This tree is called the Tarzan tree after the television program and movie Tarzan where he could swing from tree to tree from the hanging vines. .

From the City gardens below looking up at the Martyrs' Memorial above.

More views within the city park

Old wall remains of the Val-dHydra-aqueduct now a historical monument. From1516-1832, the city built four aqueducts to carry water to the city.

Dar Serkadji was located on today's street Sallust in Algeria. It was a military prison and a civil prison simultaneously. After 1830, the colonization, it was reestablished by the French as a military prison.

Photos from a visit to a shop that makes shoes for generations in the Casbah area of the city. These are many of the residents through the years and customers.

Inside the shop of the shoe maker.

The Casbah of Algiers is founded on the ruins of old Icosium, a Phoenician settlement dating back to 400 BC when a small Berber village was created by some local fisherman. It was a city built on a hill, stretching towards the sea, divided into the "High city" and the "Low city". 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."

After walking up 4 flights of stairs of residences above the shoe makers shop is a roof top with incredible views of the Casbah below and the city of Algiers.

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