TIPAZA

At 70 kilometers west of Algiers, on the coast road Tipasa occupies a site that has hardly changed since antiquity.

A short distance from the massive Chenoua, which houses the side of the West, on three promontories, separated by deep bays at the foot hills of moderate to close the horizon to the south, the ancient city extended along sea ​​about 1500 meters.

If one has only meager information Tipasa, this is essentially what archaeological research have only started around 1895 - unfortunately too late to prevent much destruction and vandalism.

In 1859, according to an official document four lime kilns operated on the old city.

The first methodical excavations were made in 1891 by Stéphane Gsell and Abbe Saint-Gérand. They were interrupted rather abruptly with the death of the latter and it was only in 1913 that the Department of Historical Monuments undertook a more research followed on this site.

Since then, they have continued with some regularity and several monuments testify today on the importance and interest as soon vestiges of the ancient city.