N'Gaous

N’Gaous lies in northeastern Algeria at the edge of the Aurès and the surrounding plains. In antiquity it was known as Nicives or Nicivibus, a settlement whose name is preserved in inscriptions. It became a Christian bishopric in late Roman times, and remains of a Byzantine chapel have been found in the wider area. Gardens and orchards give the town’s setting a green contrast with the drier highland country.