Tamentfoust
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Rusguniae
)Alternative name | Rusguniae La Pérouse |
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Location | Algeria |
Region | Algiers Province |
Coordinates | 36°45′00″N 5°04′00″E / 36.75°N 5.066667°E |
Cap Matifou Lighthouse | |
Coordinates | 36°48′42.2″N 3°14′43.29″E / 36.811722°N 3.2453583°E |
Constructed | 1868 |
Foundation | masonry base |
Construction | masonry tower |
Height | 6 metres (20 ft) |
Shape | quadrangular tower with balcony and light attached to 1-storey keeper’s house[2] |
Markings | white tower |
Operator | Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime |
Focal height | 74 metres (243 ft)[1] |
Light source | main power |
Range | 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)[1] |
Characteristic | Fl (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
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
- José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (1967.09.15 – 1976.01.06)
- Paul Zinghtung Grawng (1976.01.24 – 1976.12.09)
- Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (1988.02.26 – 1996.11.30)
- Anthony Ireri Mukobo, IMC (1999.12.22 – present)
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
-
Mosaic of Rusguniae
-
Old church
See also
References
Citations
- ^ List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western Algeria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Huss (2006).
- Geogr., Book IV, Ch. ii, §6.
- ^ Rav. Cosmogr., 40.43.
- ^ Rav. Cosmogr., 88.13.
- ^ Guido, Geogr., 132.22.
- Nat. Hist., Book V, §20.
- ^ Ant. Itin., 16.1.
Bibliography
- Huss, Werner (2006), "Rusguniae", Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Leiden: Brill.