Koléa

Koléa

Kolea is a town in Tipaza Province, northern Algeria, located approximately 27 km (17 miles) southwest of Algiers. It lies on the southern, inland slopes of the coastal hills overlooking the valley of Wadi Mazafran and the Mitidja plain and has a current population of approximately 40,000.

History

Kolea was founded in the 1550 by Barbarossa, Admiral of the Ottoman Navy and Pasha of Algiers, and originally settled by Andalusian Moors.

Kolea was held by Abdelkader's forces against the French from 1832 until the former were subdued in 1843. Destroyed by an earthquake in 1825, the town was rebuilt along French lines. The 17th-century mosque of Sidi Embarek was converted into a hospital, but the adjoining qubbah, or shrine, has remained an important place of Muslim pilgrimage. The town is noted for handmade embroidery and lace.

External links

* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9045932/Kolea Encyclopedia Britannica entry (subscription required for full article)]
* [http://www.tageo.com/index-e-ag-v-55-d-m679331.htm Tageo.com entry]


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