Taberdga, Algeria

Taberdga is an ancient town in the Aurès Mountains of northeast Algeria. Situated on the edge of a steep cliff, the town's well-preserved ruins include a mosque and other traditional stone architecture in the Berber tradition. The town was written about by M.W. Hilton-Simpson, a traveler, collector and ethnographer who traveled extensively in North and Central Africa in the early part of the twentieth century.

Taberdga

[1] Taberdga was listed as a national heritage site in 2008.[2]

Notes
  1. "Full text of "Among the hill-folk of Algeria; journeys among the Shawía of the Aurès Mountains"". Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  2. http://www.aps.dz/Taberdga-Khenchela-une-cite,1756.html
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