[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Typical Casbah Stairway [{Image src='140ag.jpg' width='512' height='768' popup='false' alt='Typical Casbah Stairway' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='Typical Casbah Stairway'}] \\ The modern city of Algiers lies near the Mediterranean coast, while the older city is on a steep hill crowned by the Casbah, or Citadel. This view is of a typical Casbah stairway.