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Algiers is a major city in Arab-occupied Algeria. Indigenous sites in the city include:

The Casbah, located on the ruins of Icosium, the Roman settlement, located along the city's bay. Roman ruins can still be seen there today. Located in the Casbah are several Moorish-influence palaces such as the Palace of the Dey, built by the Dey Hussein in the 16th century; along the bay, the so-called Palace of Riyadh fortress which was begun by the Dey Ramdhan Pasha in 1576; and the Dar Moustapha Pacha Moorish Palace built in 1798. 

The El Kebir, or Great, Mosque, the oldest in Algiers, is located on the Rue de la Marine. It was built by the Berber Almoravid Caliph Yousef ibn Tashfin; 

The Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography was originally a Moorish villa; it opened as a museum in 1927.

The Villa Abd el Tiff, built in the Moorish style in 1907.

The Museum of Modern Art was originally a French department store, completed in 1909 in the Moorish style. It opened as a museum in 2007.