View of Constantine, Algeria, late 19th century

Located in northeastern Algeria, Constantine is the country's third-largest city after Algiers and Oran.
Formerly Cirta, the capital of Numidia, it subsequently came under Roman rule (it owes its name to Emperor Constantine I), then Arab rule (beginning in the Middle Ages), and then French rule (beginning in 1837) until the country's independence in 1962.
Constantine is variously nicknamed: "city of suspension bridges"; "city of the old rock"; "city of ulemas"; "city of eagles"; or "city of malouf," malouf being the Constantine variant of Arab-Andalusian music.
This engraving is the work of late 19th-century travelers, linked to colonial interests, who wanted to showcase this part of the French Empire.