Castle
Kalâa of Ait Abbas
🇩🇿 Algeria
The Kalâa of the Aït Abbas or Kalâa of the Beni Abbes (Arabic: قلعة بني عباس), sometimes spelled Qal'a or Guelaa, was a citadel and the capital of the Kingdom of Ait Abbas, which was founded in the sixteenth century in the Bibans and almost totally destroyed during the revolt of Cheikh Mokrani in 1871.
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Kalâa of Ait Abbas ranks #2,493 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #4 of the 12 mapped in Algeria. See how Algeria compares in the castle statistics.
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