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Qal'at Beni Hammad
Qal'at Beni Hammad is the ruined first capital of the Hammadid dynasty, in the Hodna Mountains of north-central Algeria, founded around 1007 by Hammad ibn Buluggin. It grew into a city of palaces, mosques and workshops, whose great minaret still stands, and was famed for its glazed ceramics. Abandoned for Béjaïa from the late 11th century, it was sacked by the Almohads in 1152 and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
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