Reading the process of formation of military fortifications on the Algerian coast in the nineteenth century

[EN] Expansion was accompanied by a multitude of fortification projects, reflecting the divergent conceptions of French occupation.The Algerian towns of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries then, were formed in various hectic contexts, starting first with their control by the Military Engineering...

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Autores: Cherif, Sabrina, Menouer, Ouassila, Benselama-Messikh, Safia
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Military fortifications
Algerian coast
Nineteenth century
Military engineering
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title Reading the process of formation of military fortifications on the Algerian coast in the nineteenth century
spellingShingle Reading the process of formation of military fortifications on the Algerian coast in the nineteenth century
Cherif, Sabrina
Military fortifications
Algerian coast
Nineteenth century
Military engineering
title_short Reading the process of formation of military fortifications on the Algerian coast in the nineteenth century
title_full Reading the process of formation of military fortifications on the Algerian coast in the nineteenth century
title_fullStr Reading the process of formation of military fortifications on the Algerian coast in the nineteenth century
title_full_unstemmed Reading the process of formation of military fortifications on the Algerian coast in the nineteenth century
title_sort Reading the process of formation of military fortifications on the Algerian coast in the nineteenth century
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cherif, Sabrina
Menouer, Ouassila
Benselama-Messikh, Safia
author Cherif, Sabrina
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Menouer, Ouassila
Benselama-Messikh, Safia
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Benselama-Messikh, Safia
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Algerian coast
Nineteenth century
Military engineering
topic Military fortifications
Algerian coast
Nineteenth century
Military engineering
description [EN] Expansion was accompanied by a multitude of fortification projects, reflecting the divergent conceptions of French occupation.The Algerian towns of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries then, were formed in various hectic contexts, starting first with their control by the Military Engineering Department, which relied on a strategy of war of movement to transform the territory into a network of fortified towns, whose tracing is often faced with constraints concerning the topography of the terrain. To understand the process of their formation, it is important to consider the logic behind the establishment of these military fortifications during the French colonial period, particularly those located in the north on the coastal strip, the first interface that military engineers faced in colonizing the country.This article proposes a reading of the possible development of these artefacts on the Algerian coastline, and their capacity to be thought of at once as means of defense, instruments of development and symbols of domination at the time, but which is also a question today of recognizing them, reappropriating them in a new meaning and then valorizing them as potentialities and added value in the territorial and urban development of cities.
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