Bab al-Bhar

Bab al-Bhar is a city gate in Béjaia Province, Algeria. Bab al-Bhar is situated nearby to the government office DPRH, as well as near the town hall Siège de la commune de Béjaïa.

Photo: R hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: ancient city gate of Bejaia
Also known as: “Porte dorée” and “Sarrasine Gate”
Postal code: 06000

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frantz Fanon Hospital and Bejaia.

Frantz Fanon Hospital

Hospital

Frantz Fanon Hospital

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Frantz Fanon Hospital is situated 490 metres northwest of Bab al-Bhar.

Bejaia

Railway station

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Bejaia is a railway station, which is situated 590 metres southwest of Bab al-Bhar.

Yemma Gouraya

Photo: Vermondo, Public domain.

Yemma Gouraya is situated 2 km north of Bab al-Bhar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cap Bouak and Bejaia.

Cap Bouak

Locality

Photo: Vermondo, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Cap Bouak is a locality.

Bejaia

Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Béjaïa, formerly known as Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province.

Ighil Ouberouaq

Village

Ighil Ouberouaq

Photo: Indif, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tala Hamza is a town in northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province. Ighil Ouberouaq is situated 7 km southwest of Bab al-Bhar.

Bab al-Bhar

Categories: city gate, building, tourism, and historic site
Location: Béjaia Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

36.75334° or 36° 45′ 12″ north

Longitude

5.08745° or 5° 5′ 15″ east

Open location code

8F87Q33P+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Italian—“Bab al-Bhar” goes by many names.

Arabic: “باب البحر”
French: “Porte de la mer”
French: “Porte de la Mer”
French: “Porte Sarasine”
French: “Porte Sarrasine”
Italian: “Bab el Bhar”
Italian: “Porta d’oro”
Italian: “Porta del mare”
Italian: “Porta sarracina”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include DPRH and Siège de la commune de Béjaïa.

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