Kalâa of Ait Abbas
The Kalâa of the Aït Abbas, 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.
- Type: Village
- Description: building in Algeria
- Also known as: “Takorabt”, “Takorabt ou Kalâa N’Ath Abbès ou Kalâa Beni Abbès”, and “قلعة بني عباس ⵇⴰⵍⵄⴰ ⵍⴰⵉⵜ ⵄⴰⴱⴰⵙ”
Kalâa of Ait Abbas
- Categories: citadel, qal’a, and locality
- Location: Ighil Ali, Béjaia Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.29669° or 36° 17′ 48″ north
Longitude
4.58009° or 4° 34′ 48″ east
Open location code
8F867HWJ+M2
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kalâa of Ait Abbas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة بني عباس”
- Catalan: “Kalat Bani Abbas”
- French: “Kalâa des Aït Abbès”
- French: “Kalâa des Beni Abbès”
- Italian: “La Kalâa des Beni Abbès”
- Kabyle: “Lqelɛa n At Ɛebbas”
- Spanish: “Qalat de los Beni Abés”
- Urdu: “قلعہ بنی عباس”
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