Rais Palace

Algiers Province, Algeria

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Palais des Rais, also known as Bastion 23, is a classified historical monument in Algiers that preserves the last surviving quarter of the lower Casbah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Comprising three palaces and six houses in Moorish architectural style, the complex originated with the construction of Bordj-Ez-zoubia in 1576 by Dey Ramdhan Pasha as a defensive fortification for the Medina. During the French colonial period, the quarter became isolated from its traditional urban context following restructuring of the lower Casbah. Recognized as a historical monument in 1909 and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992, it stands as a remarkable vestige of Algiers' Ottoman-era residential architecture.