French Algiers

Algiers is the capital city of Algeria, located on the Mediterranean Sea in the north-central part of the country. Formally founded in 972 AD by Buluggin ibn Ziri, its history as a settlement dates back to between 1200 and 250 BC. It has been under the control of various powers, including the Roman Empire and Islamic caliphates. In 1516, it became the capital of the Ottoman Regency of Algiers until the French invasion in 1830, after which it served as the capital of French Algeria. During World War II, it was briefly the administrative center of Free France from 1942 to 1944. Algiers has been the capital of the modern Algerian state since 1962.