Fort Joinville Lighthouse
Fort Joinville Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Commune de Cherchell, Cherchell District, Tipaza Province. Fort Joinville Lighthouse is situated nearby to the ruins Caesarea in Mauretania, as well as near the town Sidi Ghiles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Cherchell, Algeria
- Also known as: “Cape Cherchel Lighthouse” and “Phare de Cherchell”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caesarea in Mauretania and Roman amphitheater.
Caesarea in Mauretania
Ruins
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caesarea in Mauretania was a Roman colony in Roman-Berber North Africa. It was the capital of Mauretania Caesariensis and is now called Cherchell, in modern Algeria. Caesarea in Mauretania is situated 470 metres south of Fort Joinville Lighthouse.
Roman amphitheater
Archaeological site
Roman amphitheater is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 km east of Fort Joinville Lighthouse.
Military Academy of Cherchell Defunct President Houari Boumediene
Military installation
Photo: Magharebia, CC BY 2.0.
Military Academy of Cherchell Defunct President Houari Boumediene is a military installation, which is situated 1 km southeast of Fort Joinville Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherchell and Sidi Ghiles.
Cherchell
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cherchell is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, 89 kilometers west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.
Sidi Ghiles
Town
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sidi Ghiles is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast. The municipality of Novi is located about 32 kilometres west of Tipasa and 7 kilometres southwest of Cherchell. Sidi Ghiles is situated 7 km southwest of Fort Joinville Lighthouse.
Fort Joinville Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Commune de Cherchell, Cherchell District, Tipaza Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.6115° or 36° 36′ 41″ northLongitude
2.18803° or 2° 11′ 17″ eastOpen location code
8F84J56Q+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2991541172OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
12022162Wikidata ID
Q22683738
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Fort Joinville Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منارة شرشال”
- French: “phare de Cherchell”
- French: “Phare de Cherchell”
- French: “phare du Fort Joinville”
- Swedish: “Cherchell fyr”
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