Located on the Mediterranean coast, Tipasa is an ancient historical site that Rome has conquered. And these ruins are the former base of the Roman warriors when they will conquer the Mauritanian Empire. Tipasa itself is a unique form of ruins, because its structure and artifacts show that it is a relic of the Phoenician, Roman, and Bizaitun kingdoms. Beside this monument there are also the ruins of Palaeochristian, the tomb of the Kings of Mauritania.
Tipasa is located 70 km west of Algiers. In its complex Tipasa itself is in three places, two of them in the Archaeological Park of the Royal Mausoleum of Mauritania. And one other site is in the western part of Sahel Algiers highlands, 11 km from the south of Tipaza City, Algeria. Tipasa lies in the coordinates 36 ° 33'58 "N 2 ° 28'50" E
The archaeological site of Tipasa is one of the most remarkable archaeological complexes of the Algerian Maghreb, and perhaps one of the most significant to study contact between eastern and western civilizations. And the best custom mix in human history.
Archaeologists have seen the age of these ruins ranging from 7 to 2nd century BC. And at the end of the 2nd century Tipasa was the center of a very rapidly maritime civilization dubbed by the Mauritanian kingdom. From this ruins seen the mixture of culture that exists, because this city is the target of the great kingdom in the world at that time.
Cross History
At the beginning of the founding of the Kingdom of Mauritania, the population was a nation that embraced the teachings of Abraham (Prophet Ibrahim). Because of the rapid trade in this area and make the city became the city of tranquility maritime so that this kingdom became the target of a great kingdom like Rome. And initially built this monument is as a guard post against the Kingdom of Pharaoh in Egypt.
The strength of the kingdom of Pharaoh overthrew the kingdom of Mauritania and established its maritime trade and defense center in Tipasa. From here mixed up the local culture of Tipasa with the ancient Egyptians. Thus the culture and structure of the building was renovated as the building was enlivened, by making the basement as storage of the corpses of government officials and Tipasa community leaders.
After the destruction of the state, which according to Islam, the Pharaoh and his armies were drowned in the sea? So naturally the royal family of the Kingdom of Mauritania reshapes his government. But do not end there, the government roma attacked in the early 3rd century AD under the commander of the St. Fendric Salas, from Rome. Until the next British government fell into the hands of the Christians of the Roman Empire. In the 4th century around the year 484 AD the Roman king and bishop sent troops to Tipasa but did not find anything there except the ruins of Tipasa monument itself, so under the direction of the head of the Christian religion founded the church in the complex Tipasa.
In 6th century, Muslims and occupied it invades Tipasa Roman rule and replace it under the caliphate of Umar bin Khattab. And expand Islam there and there was a partial demolition of the building turned into a mosque by the Muslims. However this did not last long. Because at the beginning of the caliphate of the Umayyad Muawiya this area were able to free themselves. But the influence of Islam there is not exhausted just because a lot of local people who have converted to Islam last king of Tipasa government and the governor of the region at the time of the caliph Yazid in Syria. And the name was changed Tafassed Tipasa, in Arabic.
Tipasa monuments around the city and now is home to the largest group that uses language Algerian Berber West, they are the ones Chenoua.
The name is the same but different
Another town called Tipasa, in Latin Timesis, is located in Constantine Province, 88 km (55 miles) south of Annaba, with a height of 957 m above sea level, now called Tifesh.
Some of the monuments in Tipasa that signify Roman culture are floors adorned with high-quality paving’s mosaics, depicting scenes from everyday life, or geometric patterns. The Vandal invasion of the 430 did not mark the definitive end of Tipasa's prosperity, but the city was recaptured by Byzantine in 531 AD, gradually falling in the 6th century.
Cities and architectural attributes, decorations and construction materials, all retaining the original aspects that express the values, as defined at the time of the property inscription. As well as the boundaries for these three sites include ensemble of remnants that witness to the extraordinary city planning, architectural value, history and archeology of the property. These properties are vulnerable due to the impact of urban development, unregulated tourism and population growth.
The legal and management framework of this site includes Laws 90-30 (regional law), 98-04 (on protection of cultural heritage), Permanent Safeguards and Site Presentation Plans (PPSMV), Land Works Plans approved by Tipasa communal assembly (POS) and Protection Plan And Presentation of archaeological sites and site buffer zones (PPMVSA), in preparation codified by Executive Highest decision. A new establishment, the Office of Cultural Property Management and Exploitation, in coordination with the Cultural Directorate of the (provinces) is now managing the Tipasa archaeological site
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