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UNESCO World Heritage for Algeria |
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 7 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Algeria to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available). Also, check out UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage for Algeria below.
 | 1980 - Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad | Cultural site | |
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| 1982 - Tipasa | Cultural site | |
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| 1982 - Timgad | Cultural site | |
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| 1982 - Tassili n'Ajjer | Mixed site | |
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| 1982 - M'Zab Valley | Cultural site | |
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| 1982 - Djémila | Cultural site | |
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| 1992 - Kasbah of Algiers | Cultural site |
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Recently UNESCO has begun to document the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage which includes "traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts". The current listings for Algeria are shown below - click on the links for more details.
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
 | 2008 - Ahellil of Gourara |
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| 2012 - Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen |