Algeria
Petra Mlakou Castle ranks #8,260 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #20 of the 24 mapped in Algeria. The nearest day-trip guide is Bordj Bou Arreridj, 52 km away. See how Algeria compares in the castle statistics.
Petra Castle (Tamazight: Tiγremt n Petra), also known as Mlakou, is a historical site that was the former castle of the Quinquegentian King Nubel located near Béjaïa in Algeria.
Destroyed in the fourth century by the Roman general Theodosius, during the war against Firmus, Petra was the residence of Zammac, a Berber king son of Nubel. According to the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus, Petra was "the size of a city".
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