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#Tamenfost_Tower
“Tamanfost
Tower”
or
“Tamanfost”,
a
Berber
word
meaning
“right
side”,
is
an
ancient
historical
landmark
that
tells
the
story
of
a
time
period
that
Algeria
went
through.
This
historical
landmark
is
located
in
the
city
of
Tamenfoost,
between
the
municipalities
of
La
Marsa
and
Bordj
el-Bahri
in
Algiers.
It
is
a
fort
among
the
many
military
forts
that
were
built
during
Ottoman
rule
in
order
to
protect
the
city
of
Algiers
from
any
external
attack.
The
construction
of
this
fort
dates
back
to
the
year
1661
AD.
The
party
of
“Ramadan
Agha”
during
the
rule
of
“Ismail
Pasha”
at
that
time.
“Ramadan
Agha”
built
this
castle
in
the
form
of
a
stone
structure
surrounded
by
a
trench
3
meters
deep,
which
can
be
crossed
from
the
southeast
side
via
a
moving
bridge
5
meters
long
and
one
and
a
half
meters
wide.
Most
of
the
materials
used
to
build
this
fort
were
uprooted
from
the
ruins
of
the
ancient
city
of
“Riskonia.”
Located
in
the
municipality
of
Marsa,
the
cannon
of
this
fort
announced
with
its
shots
the
arrival
of
the
new
pasha
appointed
in
the
province
of
Algiers
by
the
Sublime
Porte
in
Istanbul.
This
fort
was
restored
during
the
rule
of
Dey
Hussein
Mizo
Murto
in
the
year
1685
AD
after
the
two
attacks
in
Bahrain
in
the
years
1682
and
1683
AD
by
Abraham
Doukas
on
the
city
of
Algiers.
Over
time,
this
tower
became
one
of
the
most
prominent
ancient
monuments
that
attract
tourists,
which
made
the
guardian
ministry
give
it
special
attention
and
worked
to
fence
and
restore
it
repeatedly
in
order
to
restore
respect
to
the
historical
tourist
attractions.
It
was
classified
as
an
Algerian
cultural
property
in
1967
AD
and
exploited
for
various
cultural
events.
It
is
open
to
visitors
and
researchers
seven
days
a
week.
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