Dougga

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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: Berber

Later Cultures: Ancient Greek + Ancient Carthage + Roman + Byzantine

Site Features: Mixed Monuments


World Heritage Site

Official Name: Dougga

Date of Inscription: 1997

Exact Location

Elevation: 571 m

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