Place details
Place nameQacentina
Other namesConstantine, Blad el-Hawa, Cirta, Kirtha, Sarim Batim
CountryAl-Jaza'ir
Latitude36.367
Longitude6.617
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Founded by Carthaginians; obtained the height of its power during the rule of Micipsa 2nd cen. BC; destroyed by war 311; reconstructed by Constantine the Great 313; taken by Arabs in the 7th cen., by Turks in the 16th cen. & by French in 1837.