El Kantara (الكنترة) word comes from Latin "Centuriation" (Derja: meaning a bridge) [3] was Constantine's main access route.

Between 1771 and 1792 Salah Bey, one of the most famous rulers of the city, promoted a good number of urbanization works and mosques.

The construction, as we see it today, was erected in 1788 and 1789 under the principality of Salah Bey by a Balearic engineer.

The lower level is made up of two arches; one of them, close to the city, was solidified at an unknown time.

[This quote needs a citation]Thus, the similarities between the description and the documentary images of the mid-19th century are evidenced: those taken in 1856 by John Beasley Greene, a photographer and archaeologist known for his travels to Egypt and the East.