Beni Isguen

E400264

fortified town historic settlement town

Beni Isguen is a historic fortified town in Algeria renowned for its well-preserved traditional Mozabite architecture and strict social and religious customs.

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Label	Occurrences
Beni Isguen canonical	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fortified town ⓘ historic settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Berber architecture ⓘ surface form: Mozabite architecture
buildingMaterial	adobe ⓘ local stone ⓘ
climateAdaptation	architecture adapted to Saharan climate ⓘ
country	Algeria ⓘ
economicActivity	handicrafts ⓘ tourism ⓘ traditional trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Mozabite Berber ⓘ surface form: Mozabites
foundedBy	Ibadi community ⓘ
governedBy	traditional religious council ⓘ
hasFeature	cemetery outside the walls ⓘ central mosque ⓘ city walls ⓘ covered market ⓘ gates ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "M’Zab Valley" ⓘ
historicalPeriod	11th century ⓘ
knownFor	fortified urban layout ⓘ strict religious customs ⓘ strict social customs ⓘ well-preserved traditional Mozabite architecture ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Mozabite Berber ⓘ
locatedIn	Ghardaïa Province ⓘ M’Zab Valley ⓘ surface form: M’zab Valley
partOf	M’Zab Valley ⓘ surface form: Pentapolis of the M’zab
planningPrinciple	collective ownership norms ⓘ defensive urban design ⓘ
preservationStatus	well-preserved traditional urban fabric ⓘ
region	northern Sahara ⓘ
religion	Ibadi Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution	Ibadi mosque ⓘ
roofType	flat roofs ⓘ
socialRule	gender segregation norms ⓘ prohibition of photography in some areas ⓘ regulated access for outsiders ⓘ strict market rules ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1982 ⓘ
UNESCOSite	M’Zab Valley ⓘ
urbanForm	compact, dense fabric ⓘ narrow winding streets ⓘ terraced houses ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M’zab region of Algeria → contains → Beni Isguen ⓘ

subject surface form: M’zab region

M’Zab Valley → hasPart → Beni Isguen ⓘ

Ghardaïa Province → contains → Beni Isguen ⓘ

Mozabite Berber → associatedWithCity → Beni Isguen ⓘ