The fortresses of the city of Oran during the Spanish period

Abstract

At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the city of Oran witnessed the intervention of the Christian element on the rule, which lasted for nearly three hundred years, as the Spanish Christians were able during this period to build many forts and defensive buildings to extend influence and tighten control over the coasts of the central Maghreb.

The subject of Spanish archaeological remains in Algeria, is considered one of the subjects that does not receive a study resonance from the archaeological point of view, despite its importance and its relationship to the country's history , so we want  through this article to address some of them, and to introduce the military buildings built by the Spaniards in one of the cities of western Algeria and detail them separately and determine their locations, as well as address their history with a scientific description through a field visit to some of them, and support the study with possible photos, maps and plans, Note that these architectural It is noteworthy that these installations were referred to as "defensive system" due to their organized and precise arrangement.