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Peñón of Algiers

1510–1529 · 16th century

The Peñón of Algiers was a small rocky islet facing the port of Algiers on which Spain built a fortress around 1510 to dominate the city. Its guns hampered the corsairs until Hayreddin Barbarossa captured it in 1529 and joined the islets to the mainland with a mole. The resulting sheltered harbour became the base of the Algiers corsair fleet.

Peñón of Algiers
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Regency of Algiers

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Peñón of Algiers. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/penon-of-algiers
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