Places To Travel : Oran, Algeria

Places To Travel : Oran, Algeria

Or "El Bahia" it is the second biggest city in Algeria, and the capital of the west of Algeria, which is located on the Mediterranean coast in the far west of the country, and the harbor of the most famous ports of the Mediterranean, the center of important commercial and linked within the center of the country,Tlemcen and Morocco with a line of the railway and the thriving industries such as petrochemicals, iron and steel.

Oran very old city but its founding dates back to the traders generally Andalusians and Moroccans in the tenth century (937 AD). Occupied by the Spaniards who were expelled in 1509 at the hands of the Ottomans in 1792, to be occupied by the French in 1838 until the independence of Algeria.

The city of Oran combines two models of modern architecture, one at the hands of the French and the second Old Spanish Andalusian-style, is surrounded by vineyards, and its weather and a nice living prevails where an atmosphere of calm, the streets Vtemtli movement and activity.

There are many places in Oran Let tourist capital of the west of Algeria 

And now we go for reflection, some of the images of these wonderful historic city:

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