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Kasbah of Sfax in Tunisia. A kasbah (/ ˈ k æ z b ɑː /, also US: / ˈ k ɑː z-/; Arabic: قصبة, romanized: qaṣaba, lit. 'fortress', Arabic pronunciation:, Maghrebi Arabic:), also spelled qasbah, qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city.
The Casbah (Arabic: قصبة, qaṣba, meaning citadel) is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. In 1992, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proclaimed Kasbah of Algiers a World Cultural Heritage Site, as "There are the remains of the citadel, old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the remains of a ...
"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single in that country) and, along with the track "Mustapha Dance", it also reached number eight on the dance chart.
The amorous skunk used "Come with me to the Casbah" as a pickup line. In 1954, the Looney Tunes cartoon The Cat's Bah , which specifically spoofed Algiers , the skunk enthusiastically declared to Penelope Pussycat "You do not have to come with me to ze Casbah.
Bab Agnaou, the historical main gate of Marrakesh's kasbah. The Kasbah of Marrakesh is a large walled district in the southern part of the medina of Marrakesh, Morocco, which historically served as the citadel and royal palace complex of the city.
Dar Aziza is a 16th-century Moorish [1] palace located in the Casbah of Algiers in Algeria. Today, it houses the National Agency of Archaeology and Protection of Historic Sites and Monuments. [ 2 ] Dar Aziza, arguably the most iconic surviving building of its era in Algiers, was part of a large governmental compound known as Janina Palace ...
Casbah is a roadhouse chain in Pretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa established in 1955; Kasba Tadla, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Morocco; Rock the Casbah, a song by English rock band The Clash from their 1982 album Combat Rock
The only part of the old city that remained relatively untouched was the upper town, which contained the citadel and the former residence of the rulers, and thus became known as the "Casbah" of Algiers. [5] [6]: 237