Algeria · 16th century
Fort Gouraya ranks #8,408 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #21 of the 24 mapped in Algeria. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 36% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Bordj Bou Arreridj, 83 km away. See how Algeria compares in the castle statistics.
Fort Gouraya is a former 16th-century Spanish military work, situated in the commune of Béjaïa, Béjaïa Province, at the summit of a mountain known locally as Yemma Gouraya, which has an altitude of 672 m, in Kabylia.
Machine-translated from “Fort de Gouraya” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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