Tichla Fortress | |
Start Date: | 1936 |
Building Type: | Tourist Attraction |
Location: | Tichla, Western Sahara |
Coordinates: | 21.5994°N -14.9669°W |
Architect: | Spanish Colonists |
The Tichla Fortress (Arabic: تیشلا) is a fort in the Moroccan occupied Western Sahara.[1] It was built by the Spanish during their reign in Spanish Sahara in 1936.[2] During the Mauritanian campaign in Western Sahara, fighting was seen in the town of Tichla and the fortress.[3] Currently it is under Moroccan occupation in the disputed Western Sahara.