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Timgad
Timgad, also called Thamugas or Thamugadi, was a Roman colonial city located in the Aures Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The ruins are noteworthy for representing one of the best extant examples of the grid plan as used in Roman town planning. Timgad was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
The site is a UNESCO World Heritage site with the official name, Timgad.by PhR61, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 1063 m
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World Heritage Site
Date of Inscription
1982
1st Century AD
Roman
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