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What to see and do — Mila

Mila, ancient Milev, has been inhabited since Numidian antiquity. Under Rome, it was a prosperous 2nd-century city surrounded by agricultural villas. Christianity took root: Milev had its Christian bishopric, and Optatus of Milevis wrote his anti-Donatist treatises here in the 4th century. After the Vandals and Byzantines, the 7th-century Arab conquest brought Abou El Mouhadjir Dinar, who founded a mosque here in 678 — one of the oldest still-functioning mosques in the Maghreb. Mila then prospered under the Fatimids then Hammadids. The Ottomans attached it to the Constantine beylik. The French occupied it in 1838. During the independence war, the region was an FLN maquis. Mila became a wilaya in 1984. Beni Haroun dam, inaugurated in 2003, is the wilaya's major infrastructure work.

• 📍Beni Haroun Dam — Algeria's largest dam, impressive artificial lake, suspension bridge (118 m high)
• 📍Old Mila Mosque — Founded in 678 by Abou El Mouhadjir Dinar, one of the Maghreb's oldest
• 📍Milev Roman Remains — Ruins of the ancient Numidian-Roman city, scattered archaeological remains
• 📍Mila Medina — Old town with winding alleys, traditional houses, authentic atmosphere
• 📍Sidi M'Cid Suspension Bridge — Highest bridge in North Africa (118 m), above Beni Haroun lake
• 📍Aïn El Bey Natural Springs — Pure-water springs much prized by residents, gardens