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Dougga
Dougga
Dougga or Thugga is an ancient Roman city located in Béja Governorate in northern Tunisia. Thugga's well-preserved monuments and its rich Numidian-Berber, Punic, ancient Roman and Byzantine history make it very much exceptional. Among the ruins at the site there are a Libyco-Punic Mausoleum, the capitol, the theater, and the temples of Saturn and of Juno Caelestis. Dougga was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Site Information
Country: Tunisia
District: Béja Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Amazighs
Later Cultures: Ancient Greek + Ancient Carthage + Roman + Byzantine
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
World Heritage Site
Official Name: Dougga
Date of Inscription: 1997
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