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  • Cherchell

  • Cherchell

    Cherchell, ancient Caesarea, is a seaport town in the Province of Tipaza, Algeria. The city was founded as a Phoenician settlement around 400 BC to serve as a trading station and named the city Iol or Jol. In the Roman era the city was called Caesarea.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Augustinian Itineraries in Algeria.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Cherchell
    by Yelles, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Cherchell
    by Yelles, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Cherchell
    by Yves Jalabert, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 16 m

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    Cherchell

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2025

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Algeria

    Tipaza

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    First Millennium BC

    Phoenician

    Numidian + Roman

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    Roman Monuments

     

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