Landmarks of the wilaya of Constantine
The Sidi M'Cid bridge in Constantine, opened on 19 April 1912, hangs 175 m above the Rhumel and was the highest bridge in the world until 1929. The Sidi Rached viaduct, 447 m long on 27 stone arches, was the highest stone bridge in the world when completed in 1912.
Bridges
The Sidi M'Cid bridge in Constantine, opened on 19 April 1912, hangs 175 m above the Rhumel and was the highest bridge in the world until 1929. The Sidi Rached viaduct, 447 m long on 27 stone arches, was the highest stone bridge in the world when completed in 1912.
The Salah Bey viaduct, 1,119 m long, opened on 26 July 2014 as the 8th bridge of Constantine.
Palace and mosque
Hadj Ahmed Bey, the Ottoman governor of Constantine, had the Palais Ahmed Bey built from 1826 to 1835. In 2025 the palace housed the national museum of traditional arts and cultural expressions.
The Emir Abdelkader Mosque, opened in 1994, has 2 minarets 107 m high and holds 15,000 worshippers.
A lost site
A group of dolmens and stone circles at Djebel Ksaibi, in Ouled Rahmoune, was classified as a historic site but is now recorded as lost.
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