The Kasbah: relics of a past we have to safeguard?
The Kasbah of Algiers is one of the oldest and most important urban centres
in Algeria. In recent decades, its architecture has been degraded, transformed and
damaged. It has acquired the role of a satellite within the urban system as a whole.
Only now are private and public entities beginning to adopt a different approach
towards initiatives affecting the Kasbah, with concern for its conservation