Tipaza

Tipaza
Bazar / ⴱⴰⵣⴰⵔ
(Roman Tipasa)
Tipaza
Location in Algeria
Coordinates: 36°35′31″N 2°26′58″E / 36.59194°N 2.44944°E / 36.59194; 2.44944Coordinates: 36°35′31″N 2°26′58″E / 36.59194°N 2.44944°E / 36.59194; 2.44944
Country Algeria
Province Tipaza
District Tipaza
Population (2008)
 • Total 25,225
Official name Tipasa
Type Cultural
Criteria iii, iv
Designated 1982 (6th session)
Reference no. 193
State Party  Algeria
Region Arab States
Endangered 2002–2006
Tipaza Lighthouse
Tipaza Lighthouse and the promontory
Algeria
Location Tipaza
Algeria
Coordinates 36°35′49.66″N 2°26′51.62″E / 36.5971278°N 2.4476722°E / 36.5971278; 2.4476722
Year first constructed 1867[1]
Foundation masonry base
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, dark green lantern
Height 13.58 metres (44.6 ft)[1]
Focal height 34.08 metres (111.8 ft)[1]
Light source main power
Range 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)[1]
Characteristic Oc W 4s.[2]
Admiralty number E6630
NGA number 22444
ARLHS number ALG-053[3]
Managing agent Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime

Tipaza (formerly Tefessedt, Chenoua-Berber: Bazar, ⴱⴰⵣⴰⵔ, Arabic: تيپازة‎) is the Berber-speaking city and capital of the Tipaza Province, Algeria. When it was part of the Roman Empire, it was called Tipasa. The modern town was founded in 1857, and is chiefly remarkable for its ancient ruins and sandy littoral.

History

Ancient history

Tipasa, as the city was then called, was an old Punic trading-post conquered by Ancient Rome. It was subsequently turned into a military colony by the emperor Claudius for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauretania.[4]

Afterwards it became a municipium called Colonia Aelia Tipasensis, that reached the population of 20,000 inhabitants in the fourth century according to Stéphane Gsell.

The city served as an important Christian hub during the last centuries of Roman governorship, with three basilicas.

Tipasa was destroyed by the Vandals in 430 CE, but was reconstructed by the Byzantines one century later. At the end of the seventh century the city was demolished by Umayyad forces and reduced to ruins.[5]

In the nineteenth century the place was settled again. Now it is a town of nearly 30,000 inhabitants. The city is an important tourist place in modern Algeria, mainly because of the Tipasa ruins.

Modern era

Near Tipaza, the Tipaza longwave transmitter is broadcasting French language Channel 3 radio programs from the Algerian Broadcasting Company. The longwave frequency 252 kHz can be well received in many parts of Europe.

The town and its surroundings is home to the largest Berber-speaking group of western Algeria, the Chenoua people.

This station of Tipaza in 252 kHz was previously out of service since March 17, 2014, but is broadcasting again at 252 kHz.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tipaza". Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime. Ministere des Travaux Publics. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
  3. ↑ "Western Algeria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Unesco-page
  5. ↑ Toutain, Jules. "Fouilles de M. Gsell à Tipasa : Basilique de Sainte Salsa". Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire. 11 (1): 179–185. doi:10.3406/mefr.1891.6684.
  6. ↑ see - tuned to 252khz, as of 2015 Sept. 22


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