Location Algeria | Region Algiers Province | |
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Tamentfoust (in Arabic: تمنتفوست), also known as La Pérouse, was an ancient Roman-Berber city in the Dar El Beïda district of Algiers, Algeria. It was the bishopric of Rusginiae, and is now also a Latin Catholic titular see.
Contents
- Fort de tamentfoust la p rouse
- Geography
- Different names
- History
- Titular see
- Monuments and edifices
- References
Fort de tamentfoust la p rouse
Geography
Tamentfoust forms a cap on the Algiers bay - its position on the righthand side of this bay gave rise to the Amazigh name "Tamentfoust" meaning "right hand" or "right side".
Different names
The port has had many names over history:
History
Rusguniae was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become a suffragan bishopric of its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae's Metropolitan Archbishopric. It would later fade.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric .
It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
Monuments and edifices
The city has a series of historical buildings, such as Tamentfoust Castle (now a museum) built by Ramdhan Agha in 1661, and the vestiges of the ancient Roman city of Rusguniae. Maritime history is represented by the "Naval Academy of Tamentfoust" known as the biggest naval academy on the continent. The views from the harbour are also a big attraction for visitors.