states: [algeria]
category: cultural
year: 1980
location: Commune of Maadid "Bechara", Wilaya (province) of M'Sila
region: Arab States
latitude/longitude: 35.8184400000, 4.7868400000
In a mountainous site of extraordinary beauty, the ruins of the first capital of the Hammadid emirs, founded in 1007 and demolished in 1152, provide an authentic picture of a fortified Muslim city. The mosque, whose prayer room has 13 aisles with eight bays, is one of the largest in Algeria.
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