Watch the Algerian city of Constantine with a bird's eye view

Arabiaweather.com-Ismail Kasimi- Constantine is a unique city, as poets have always sung about it and writers have always written about it, and as its loftiness makes it atop that harsh limestone rock above the sand valley, an image that cannot but captivate you when you see it as it perches like an eagle's nest as His old name was Sirta .

The city of Constantine is located in eastern Algeria, at the midpoint of the link between the Algerian and Tunisian capitals, and it was once the capital of the Numidian kingdom.

Among the most important landmarks of the city is the Emir Abdelkader Mosque, and it was the largest mosque in Algeria before the inauguration of the Imam Ibn Badis Mosque in Oran this year 2015. The Emir Mosque is a wonderful masterpiece with its elegant Islamic decorations.

The city is famous for its eight suspension bridges, after the construction of a new bridge, the Saleh Payne Bridge, to be the first huge bridge in the city after the colonial period.

As for the old city with its narrow alleys, it has a privacy that distinguishes it, the roofs of its houses and its ancient Islamic architecture, and among the most beautiful places in Constantine is the Ahmed Bey Palace, which is built with exquisite Moorish architecture and three beautiful gardens.

Constantine was during the year 2015 the capital of Arab culture, and it was a beautiful opportunity for visitors to see it amidst the celebrations and events that do not stop, but the beauty of the city remains in all its glory if you intend to travel to it.