Qal’at Bani Hammad
Qal'at Bani Hammad, also known as Qal'a Bani Hammad or Qal'at of the Beni Hammad, is a fortified palatine city in Algeria. Now in ruins, in the 11th century, it served as the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty.
- Ruins
- Description: fortified palatine city in Algeria
- Also known as“Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad”“Kalaat Beni Hamad”“बेनी हम्माद का अल क़ला”
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Latitude
35.82121° or 35° 49′ 16″ north
Longitude
4.78941° or 4° 47′ 22″ east
Open location code
8F76RQCQ+FQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building = ruins
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = castle
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Qal’at Bani Hammad” goes by many names.
قلعة بني حمادArabic
قلعه بني حمادArabic
Բենի Համմադ ամրոցArmenian
Qal’at Bani HammadAsturian
Qalatu Bəni HəmmadAzerbaijani
Beni Hammad gotorlekuaBasque
Кала-Бені-ХамадBelarusian
বেনি হামাদ দুর্গBengali
Ал Кала Бени ХамадBulgarian
Кала Бени ХамадBulgarian
ဘင်နီဟာမက် ခံတပ်Burmese
Kala dels Banu HammadCatalan
Kalat Bani HammadCatalan
Kalat Banu HammadCatalan
KiyanaCatalan
Qala dels Banu HammadCatalan
Qàlat Bani HammadCatalan
貝尼•哈瑪德的卡拉城Chinese
贝尼·哈玛德的卡拉城Chinese
Beni HammadCroatian
Al Qal’a i Beni HammadDanish
Al Qal’aDutch
قلعة بنى حمادEgyptian Arabic
Beni HammadEsperanto
Beni Hammadin Al Qal’aFinnish
Al-Qal’a de Beni HammadGalician
ყალა ბენი ჰამადიGeorgian
Αλ Κάλα του Μπενί ΧαμάντGreek
Μπενί ΧαμάντGreek
Beni Hammad FortHausa
מצודת בני חמאדHebrew
קלעת בני חמאדHebrew
קלעת חמאדHebrew
क़लात बनी हम्मादHindi
Beni Hammád erődjeHungarian
Al Qal’a di Beni HammadItalian
Qal’a dei Banu HammadItalian
Qal’a dei Beni HammadItalian
ベニ・ハンマードの城塞Japanese
Taqliɛt n At ḤemmadKabyle
Timidelt n At ḤemmadKabyle
베니 하마드 요새Korean
Beni HamadasLithuanian
Кала Бани ХамадMacedonian
बेनी हमादक अल किलाMaithili
ബെനി ഹമ്മദ് കോട്ടMalayalam
Al Qal’a ta‘ Beni HammadMaltese
ყალა-ბენი-ჰამადიMingrelian
बेनी हमादको अल कलाNepali
Al Qal’aNorwegian
Al Qal’aNorwegian Bokmål
بنیحمادPersian
بنیحماد (دژ)Persian
Bani HammadPolish
Beni HammadPolish
Kalat Bani HammadPolish
Бени-ХаммадRussian
Кала-Бени-ХаммадRussian
Beni HammadSerbo-Croatian
Al Qal’a v Beni HammadSlovenian
Beni Hammad FortSwahili
Al Qal’aSwedish
Al Qal’a av Beni HammadSwedish
Al Qal’a i Beni HammadSwedish
Qalaat Beni HammadSwedish
Beni Hammad KalesiTurkish
Beni Hammad FortUkrainian
Аль-Кала-Бені-ХаммадUkrainian
Pháo đài Beni HammadVietnamese
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