Charles de Foucauld
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Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand, in religion Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sah
Charles of Jesus, c. 1907
De Foucauld's hermitage, built in 1911 on the Assekrem (2780 m)
Bordj of Tamanrasset, Algeria
Tomb of Charles de Foucauld in El Ménia, Algeria
Hoggar Mountains
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The Hoggar Mountains are a highland region in the central Sahara in southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer, that covers an area of approximately 550,000 km2.
Charles de Foucauld
…of Jesus". De Foucauld moved to be with the Tuareg people, in Tamanghasset in southern Algeria. This region is the central part of the Sahara with the Ahaggar Mountains (the Hoggar) immediately to the west. De Foucauld used the highest point in the region, the Assekrem, as a place of retreat. Living close to the Tuareg…
Landscape of the Assekrem region in the Hoggar in Tamanrasset Province
An oasis in the Hoggar Mountains
Iharen, 1732 m, north of Tamanrasset
Panorama of the Ahaggar Mountains