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    Beni Hammad Fort was the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty in Algeria in the 11th century. It is located in the Hodna Mountains and contains the remains of a fortified palatine city with a 7km wall enclosing residential complexes and the largest mosque in Algeria after Mansurah. Artifacts found at the site testify to the high civilization of the Hammadid dynasty.

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    Beni Hammad Fort was the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty in Algeria in the 11th century. It is located in the Hodna Mountains and contains the remains of a fortified palatine city with a 7km wall enclosing residential complexes and the largest mosque in Algeria after Mansurah. Artifacts found at the site testify to the high civilization of the Hammadid dynasty.

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    Beni Hammad Fort was the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty in Algeria in the 11th century. It is located in the Hodna Mountains and contains the remains of a fortified palatine city with a 7km wall enclosing residential complexes and the largest mosque in Algeria after Mansurah. Artifacts found at the site testify to the high civilization of the Hammadid dynasty.

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    Beni Hammad Fort

    Beni Hammad Fort also called Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (in Arabic :‫قلعة‬
    ‫ )بني حماد‬is a fortified palatine city in Algeria. Now in ruins, in the 11th century,
    it served as the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty. It is in the Hodna
    Mountains northeast of M'Sila, at an elevation of 1,418 metres (4,652 ft), and
    receives abundant water from the surrounding mountains. Beni Hammad Fort is
    near the town of Maadid (aka Maadhid), about 225 kilometres (140 mi)
    southeast of Algiers, in the Maghreb. In 1980, it was inscribed as a World
    Heritage Site by UNESCO, and described as "an authentic picture of a fortified
    Muslim city".

    The town includes a 7-kilometre (4 mi) long line of walls. Inside the walls
    are four residential complexes, and the largest mosque built in Algeria after that
    of Mansurah. It is similar in design to the Grand Mosque of Kairouan, with a tall
    minaret, 20 metres (66 ft). Excavations have brought to light numerous
    terracotta, jewels, coins, and ceramics testifying to the high level of civilization
    under the Hammadid dynasty. Also among the artifacts discovered are several
    decorative fountains using the lion as a motif. The remains of the emir's palace,
    known as Dal al-Bahr, include three separate residences separated by gardens
    and pavilions.
    Djémila

    Djémila (in Arabic :‫جميلة‬, the Beautiful one, Latin: Cuicul or Curculum),
    formerly Cuicul, is a small mountain village in Algeria, near the northern coast
    east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Berbero-Roman ruins in North
    Africa are found. It is situated in the region bordering the Constantinois and
    Petite Kabylie (Basse Kabylie).

    In 1982, Djémila became a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique
    adaptation of Roman architecture to a mountain environment. Significant
    buildings in ancient Cuicul include a theatre, two fora, temples, basilicas, arches,
    streets, and houses. The exceptionally well-preserved ruins surround the forum
    of the Harsh, a large paved square with an entry marked by a majestic arch.
    Timgad

    Timgad, (called Thamugas or Thamugadi in old Berber) was a Roman-


    Berber town in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Emperor
    Trajan around AD 100. The full name of the town was Colonia Marciana Ulpia
    Traiana Thamugadi. Trajan commemorated the city after his mother Marcia,
    eldest sister Ulpia Marciana, and father Marcus Ulpius Traianus.

    Located in modern-day Algeria, about 35 km east of the town of Batna, the


    ruins are noteworthy for representing one of the best extant examples of the grid
    plan as used in Roman city planning.

    In the former name of Timgad, Marciana Traiana Thamugadi, the first part
    - Marciana Traiana - is Roman and refers to the name of its founder, Emperor
    Trajan and his sister Marciana.[19] The second part of the name - Thamugadi -
    "has nothing Latin about it".[20] Thamugadi is the Berber name of the place
    where the city was built, to read Timgad plural form of Tamgut, meaning
    "peak", "summit".[20]
    Tipasa

    Tipasa, was a colonia in Roman province Mauretania Caesariensis,


    nowadays called Tipaza, and located in coastal central Algeria. Since 2002, it
    has been declared by UNESCO a "World Heritage Site". There was another city
    with the same name: Tipasa in Numidia[21]

    Sometimes Tipasa is called "Tipasa in Mauretania" because there was


    another Tipasa in Roman Africa. Indeed, another town called Tipasa was located
    in the Roman province of Numidia (the reason why it is referred to as "Tipasa in
    Numidia", is in order to distinguish it from "Tipasa in Mauretania"). This second
    Tipasa is located in what is now Constantine Province, Algeria, 88 km (55 mi)
    due south of Annaba, 957 m above the sea: it is now called Tifesh. The chief
    ruin is that of an extensive fortress, the walls of which are 3 meters thick.

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