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    Mila is a city and the capital of Mila Province in the Northeast of Algeria. In antiquity, the city was a Roman colony called Milevum or Mileum, and was situated in the Roman province of Numidia. The city was conquered by Muslims in 675 AD under the Umayyad commander of Abu al-Muhajir Dinar, who built a mosque in it, considered the oldest in Algeria (Sidi Ghanem Mosque). The city includes some archaeological remains from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Sites, Augustinian places and routes the central Maghreb.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Mila
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    Mila

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2002

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Algeria

    Mila Province

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    2nd Century AD

    Roman

    Byzantine + Islamic

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    Roman & Byzantine & Islamic Monuments

     

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