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Tenes
Tenes
Tenes is an Algerian town located about west of the capital Algiers. The site was an ancient Amazighs town which has existed since the 8th century BC. It was called Kartenas at that time. It was first a Berber and then a Phoenician town, then it was dominated by the Romans. In the last years of the 1st century BC, it was called Cartennae colonia or simply Cartennas by emperor Augustus. The Romans occupied the city for about five centuries..
Site Information
Country: Algeria
District: Chlef Province
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Amazighs
Later Cultures: Phoenician + Roman + Islamic
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: Sites, Augustinian places and routes the central Maghreb
Date of Submission: 2002
Exact Location
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