Cape Cherchell

The waters off Cherchell wash the Algerian coast west of Algiers. Here the ancient city of Caesarea once served as a royal capital and a Roman port. After a long decline, the town's maritime life revived in the early sixteenth century with the arrival of Andalusians expelled from Spain and the forces of the Barbarossa brothers. Cherchell remained a smaller harbour than Algiers or Ténès, but Christian ships visited it and a Christian consul resided there.