Tamentfoust

Coordinates: 36°48′21″N 3°13′48″E / 36.8058°N 3.2301°E / 36.8058; 3.2301
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Tamentfoust
Tamentfoust port
Tamentfoust is located in Algeria
Tamentfoust
Shown within Algeria
Alternative nameRusguniae
La Pérouse
LocationAlgeria
RegionAlgiers Province
Coordinates36°45′00″N 5°04′00″E / 36.75°N 5.066667°E / 36.75; 5.066667
Cap Matifou Lighthouse Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates36°48′42.2″N 3°14′43.29″E / 36.811722°N 3.2453583°E / 36.811722; 3.2453583
Constructed1868
Foundationmasonry base
Constructionmasonry tower
Height6 metres (20 ft)
Shapequadrangular tower with balcony and light attached to 1-storey keeper’s house[2]
Markingswhite tower
OperatorOffice Nationale de Signalisation Maritime
Focal height74 metres (243 ft)[1]
Light sourcemain power
Range23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)[1]
CharacteristicFl (3) W 15s.[1]

Tamentfoust (

Arabic: تمنتفوست), the classical Rusguniae and colonial La Pérouse, is a site in the Dar El Beïda District of Algiers in Algeria
.

Geography

Tamentfoust lies on Cape Matifou, which forms the northeast side of the Bay of Algiers.

Names

Further information:
Maghreb placename etymology

The Roman name Rusguniae is a

Ptolemy hellenized the name as Rhoustónion (Greek: Ῥουστόνιον),[4] and it appears in late sources as Rusgume,[5] Rugunie,[6] and Rusgimia.[7]

The French name La Pérouse (literally "

Jean-François de Galaup
, who owned an estate of that name.

Tamentfoust is a

Berber name for "right side", from the cape's position relative to Algiers. The present name of the cape, Matifou, is a 14th-century Spanish
approximation of the Berber name.

History

Carthaginian
control, probably during the 6th century BC.

After the

9th Legion at some point during his reign.[3]

In

overrun by the Umayyad Caliphate
in the 7th century.

French invasion
of the country.

Religion

Rusguniae was a

Catholic titular see
in the 20th century:

List of bishops

Ruins

Alongside the museum at Bordj Tamentfoust, the site also has ruins of Roman Rusguniae. Maritime history is represented by the Naval Academy of Tamentfoust, known as the biggest naval academy on the continent. The views from the harbor are also a major attraction for visitors.

Gallery

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^
    List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
    . 2015.
  2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western Algeria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Huss (2006).
  4. Geogr.
    , Book IV, Ch. ii, §6.
  5. ^ Rav. Cosmogr., 40.43.
  6. ^ Rav. Cosmogr., 88.13.
  7. ^ Guido, Geogr., 132.22.
  8. Nat. Hist., Book V, §20.
  9. ^ Ant. Itin., 16.1.

Bibliography

  • Huss, Werner (2006), "Rusguniae", Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Leiden: Brill.

External links


36°48′21″N 3°13′48″E / 36.8058°N 3.2301°E / 36.8058; 3.2301

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