Ghoufi

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.

Houses in Ghoufi, 2011.

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]

See also

References
  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.


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