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What to see and do — M'Sila

M'Sila is one of Algeria's most historic wilayas. The Kalâa of Béni Hammad was founded in 1007 by Hammad ibn Bologhin, brother of the Zirid sultan. First capital of the Hammadids (Sanhaja Berber dynasty), it prospered until its abandonment in 1090 for Béjaïa. The site is UNESCO-listed since 1980 — one of the first in the Maghreb. In the Middle Ages, M'Sila was under Hammadid then Almohad authority. The Ottomans attached it to the Constantine beylik. The French penetrated in 1838 and developed cereal agriculture. The region experienced several 19th-century insurrections. At independence, M'Sila became a wilaya in 1974. The modern city is a major administrative and agricultural center of central high plateaus. Mohamed Boudiaf University, created in 1985, makes it also a university hub.

• 📍Kalâa of Béni Hammad UNESCO — First Hammadid capital, palace, mosque, Manar minaret 25 m, at 1,000 m altitude
• 📍Chott El Hodna — Large seasonal salt lake (8,500 km²), lunar landscape and winter migratory birds
• 📍Boussaâda — Oasis-town 75 km southwest, palm grove, painter Étienne Dinet's studio
• 📍Étienne Dinet Museum at Boussaâda — Works of the French Orientalist painter converted to Islam, lived and died at Boussaâda
• 📍Beni Yala Ksour — Old mud fortified villages, traditional high-plateau architecture
• 📍Hodna Forests — Pine forests and cork oaks at altitude, marked hiking trails