Ghoufi

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Houses in Ghoufi, 2011.

Ghoufi, also known as the Rhoufi, Balconies of Ghoufi and Ghoufi Canyon, is a historic settlement in the village of T'kout in Batna Province, Algeria.[1] These ruins are located in the Aures Mountains and Abiod Valley.[2] The Balconies of Ghoufi overlook an oasis.

The Ghoufi balcony ruins include troglodyte homes or domesticated cave dwellings.[3] The homes are carved out of metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, including sandstone. The home are four centuries old and were inhabited until the 1970s.[4] The ruins preserve traditional and indigenous construction methods.[5]

Ghoufi is included as part of the Parc des Aurès on UNESCO's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites.[6]

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  1. ^ Bouchair, A. (2015). "Sustainability features of vernacular architecture in Southern Algeria". In Mileto, C.; Vegas, F; Garcia, L.; Christina, V. (eds.). Vernacular Architecture: Towards a Sustainable Future. Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 164–. ISBN 978-1-138-02682-7.
  2. ^ Oakes, Jonathan (2008). Algeria the Bradt Travel Guide. The Globe Pequote Press Inc. p. 28. ISBN 9781841622323.
  3. ^ "About Ghoufi". Fancy Algeria.
  4. ^ Mok, Joshua (January 4, 2017). "The Canyons of Rhoufi in Algeria". Mosaic North Africa.
  5. ^ Martínez Frías, Sarah. "Cultural Landscapes: Aures Moutains, Algeria". MedOMed.org.
  6. ^ "Parc des Aurès with the oasis establishments of the Rhoufi and El Kantara gorges". UNESCO.

Coordinates: 35°02′57″N 6°10′02″E / 35.0492°N 6.1673°E / 35.0492; 6.1673


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