Fortress
El Mokrani Fort
🇩🇿 Algeria · 16th century
The El Mokrani Fort (in Arabic: برج المقراني and in Tifinagh: ⴱⵓⵔⵊ ⵍⵎⵓⵇⵔⴰⵏⵉ), or castle of El Mokrani, is a bordj situated in Bordj Bou Arreridj, whose origin goes back to the beginning of the 16th century, when it was first built by Hassan Pasha, son of Kheir-Eddine.
Machine-translated from “Bordj El Mokrani” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Mokrani Fort ranks #7,670 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #20 of the 22 mapped in Algeria. Founded c. 1525, it is older than 43% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. The nearest day-trip guide is Bordj Bou Arreridj, 1 km away. See how Algeria compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is El Mokrani Fort?
El Mokrani Fort stands in Algeria, at 36.06667°, 4.76667°.
When was El Mokrani Fort built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1525. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is El Mokrani Fort?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,670 of 8,134 worldwide, and #20 in Algeria. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to El Mokrani Fort?
Qal'at Bani Hammad, about 28 km away.
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