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    Tenes or Ténès is an Algerian city located in Chlef Province, west of the Algerian capital. The history of the city dates back to the 8th century BC, when it was founded by Phoenicians. Later, the city was conquered by the Romans, and then the Byzantines. After the 10th century AD, the city entered successively under the control of the Fatimids, the Almoravids, the Almohad Caliphate, and the Zayyanid dynasty, until the Ottomans entered it in 1517 AD.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Sites, Augustinian places and routes the central Maghreb.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Tenes
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    Tenes

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2002

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Algeria

    Chlef Province

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    First Millennium BC

    Phoenician

    Phoenician + Roman + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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