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The history of the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands and the Red Sea coast.

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Tigu Fort on a hilltop overlooking Keren, Eritrea, was built during a period of Egyptian rule in the 19th century. — Tigu Fort on a hilltop overlooking Keren, Eritrea, was built during a period of Egyptian rule in the 19th century.
David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
RightsCC BY 2.0, as stated on the file's Wikimedia Commons record (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
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Tigu Fort on a hilltop overlooking Keren, Eritrea, was built during a period of Egyptian rule in the 19th century. — Tigu Fort on a hilltop overlooking Keren, Eritrea, was built during a period of Egyptian rule in the 19th century.David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia CommonsRightsCC BY 2.0, as stated on the file's Wikimedia Commons record (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
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Tigu Fort, Keren

1870s (Egyptian occupation of Keren) · Keren · Anseba · Eritrea

Modern · architecture

What the record shows

The fort of Tigu on its hill above Keren, raised by the Egyptian garrison of the 1870s and held in turn by Italians, British and Eritrean fighters.

Place: Keren · Anseba · Eritrea
Date: 1870s (Egyptian occupation of Keren)
Structure or site: Architecture & ruins
Holding: Wikimedia Commons

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Catalogue details and identifications are retained with their source.

Wikimedia Commons category — Tigu Fort catalogue
Wikimedia Commons — Tigu Fort photograph
Flickr — original photo page (David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0) photograph

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