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tours du rempart (73), près de Bâb el-Kebîr, et qui, après la destruction du mur, se dressa seule au milieu de la Place de France jusqu'en mai 1948. Il faut cependant mettre à son actif des travaux plus utiles, notamment en matière de voirie: réfection des égouts, empierrage des rues de la vieille ville, aménagement de 2 500 mètres de voies pour desservir les constructions édifiées extra muros, étude de l'adduction des eaux de Tit-Mellil, création d'une pépinière pour alimenter les plantations municipales. ... (73) Elle était, selon Houel (p. 133), la réplique d'une tour identique édifiée par le même sur la place d'Ain Sefra.
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