About Algiers
History of the city of Algiers
With more than 4 million inhabitants, the agglomeration of Algiers spreads its ramifications on a surface that expanded considerably during the 20th century. This multifaceted metropolis, fascinating in many respects, bears witness to a rich past whose vestiges still dot the space today. This imposing built heritage reveals the complexity of its spatial organization and illustrates the remarkable, and often chaotic, history of this astonishing city.
"El-Djazair", Algiers in Arabic, is the name given to him by Bologhine Ibn Ziri, of the Ziri Ben Menad dynasty in the 10th century, when he founded this city on the site of the ruins of an ancient ancient city. Icosium name. The urban history of Algiers, which begins well before Bologhine, goes back more than 3,000 years. Indeed, a Punic foundation city named Icosium was raised on this site, as evidenced by the archaeological discoveries of the 1940s.
Location and natural site
Algiers is built on the foothills of the Algerian Sahel hills. The Kasbah was built on the side of one of these hills that overlooks the western tip of the Bay of Algiers on a drop of about 150 meters. Outside the fortifications of the Ottoman city, new districts have emerged along the arm of the hill overlooking the bay, including the first European neighborhoods.
The city then developed north-west at the foot of Mount "Bouzaréah" culminating at 400m above sea level, like the district of "Bab El Oued", then along the cornice that bypasses the massif. The first suburbs were created in the southeast, along the small coastal strip, on former marshy areas, to the mouth of the "Oued El Harrach". Urban sprawl has continued beyond the Oued El Harrach to the east, on the fertile lands of the Mitidja Plain along the bay, before continuing in recent years. south and south-west, on the hilly hills of the Sahel, encompassing ancient agricultural villages.
About the Saint George hotel in Algiers
Built on an old Arab-Ottoman palace and surrounded by a lush Botanical Garden, the hotel is one of the jewels of the national cultural heritage.
Staying at the Hotel Saint-George is bound to relive the splendor of an era while enjoying the sweetness of contemporary luxury.
From its opening, the hotel was the favorite address of the English bourgeoisie, attracted by the mild and exotic winters of Algiers.
The hotel was named after the British patron Saint George.
The hotel has known prestigious guests such as "Edith Piaf", "Simone de Beauvoir", "General Dwight Eisenhower", "General Mark Wayne Clark", "Winston Churchill" ... and remains to this day the reference for all the national and international personalities of the political, cultural or economic world.
It remains unavoidable and remains a privileged place of the Algerian capital.
Geographic location
Capital of the country, Algiers is by its status, its size and its functions, the first city of Algeria.
It includes the largest concentrations at the national level of populations, service activities, equipment, infrastructure, research centers, industries and major urban projects.
Algiers is the political, administrative and economic capital of the country.
The wilaya of Algiers is limited by:
The Mediterranean Sea to the north with a length of 80 km.
The Wilaya of Blida in the South.
Tipaza Wilaya to the west.
The Wilaya of Boumerdes to the east.