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Cherchell
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by Yves Jalabert, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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.
Site Information
Country: Algeria
District: Tipaza Province
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Phoenician
Later Cultures: Numidian + Roman
Site Features: Roman Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: Sites, Augustinian places and routes the central Maghreb
Date of Submission: 2002
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