Souk Ahras

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Souk Ahras

Thagaste or Tagaste was a Roman colony in Berber North Africa. It is now called Souk Ahras. It was the birthplace of Augustine of Hippo and a center of Berber culture.

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Country: Algeria

District: Souk Ahras Province

Category: Historic Cities and Regions

Site History: First Millennium BC

Oldest Culture: Numidian

Later Cultures: Roman + Islamic

Site Features: Mixed Monuments

UNESCO Tentative List

Part of: Sites, Augustinian places and routes the central Maghreb

Date of Submission: 2002

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