Historical place profile
Kalaa
Remains of a Roman settlement called, or at a place called, Kalaa in the 19th century. It occupied a ridge approximately 1 kilometer in length and ranging from 200-300 meters in width, the eastern end of which is now covered by a small settlement and cemetery known as Sidi Aissa on the border of the Algerian provinces of Chlef and Relizane.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:295286
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:295286
- Place type
- ruin, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.224781, 0.871550
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Remains of a Roman settlement called, or at a place called, Kalaa in the 19th century. It occupied a ridge approximately 1 kilometer in length and ranging from 200-300 meters in width, the eastern end of which is now covered by a small settlement and cemetery known as Sidi Aissa on the border of the Algerian provinces of Chlef and Relizane.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 30 inset Kalaa
Source and reuse
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Research path
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