- Algeria - The World Factbook (cia.gov)
Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including the ancient Numidians (3rd century B.C.), Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, over a dozen different Arab and Amazigh dynasties, Spaniards, and Ottoman Turks. Under the Turks, the Barbary pirates operated from North Africa and preyed on shipping, from about 1500 until the French captured Algiers in 1830. The French southward conquest of Algeria proceeded throughout the 19th century and was marked by many atrocities. A bloody eight-year struggle culminated in Algerian independence in 1962.
- Loretto, Minnesota (Wikipedia)
Loretto is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 646 at the 2020 census. An outer suburb of Minneapolis located 19 miles (31 km) to the west, Loretto is completely surrounded by a rural, agricultural part of Medina, Minnesota.