★ UNESCO
World Heritage ◈ hidden gem
World Heritage ◈ hidden gem
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Where in the world
Tunisia
The site
Dougga, ancient Thugga, is a Berber, Punic and Roman settlement near Téboursouk in northern Tunisia, occupied from around 400 BCE to 700 CE. UNESCO calls it the best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa, its 75 hectares spared the rebuilding that consumed cities like Carthage. Standing in open countryside, it is famous for its Libyco-Punic mausoleum, the Capitol, a Roman theatre, and temples of Saturn and Juno Caelestis.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Phoenician-Punic
- types
- City · Theatre
- occupied
- 400 BCE — 700 CE
- country
- Tunisia
See it in 3D
Notable finds
Renowned pieces unearthed at Dougga — and where they are today
mosaicUlixes mosaic in the Bardo National Museum▸Bardo National Museum
mosaicWinning auriga of Dougga mosaic▸Bardo National Museum
mosaicMosaic of cyclops forging the lightning of Jupiter▸Bardo National Museum
mosaicCup-bearers of Dougga mosaic▸Bardo National Museum
mosaicOmnia tibi felicia mosaic▸Bardo National Museum
Monuments & structures
What stands within Dougga
triumphal archArch of Alexander Severus
Roman theatreTheatre of Dougga
thermaeAïn Doura baths
archaeological siteTemple of Juno Caelestis
triumphal archArch of Septimius Severus (Dougga)
thermaeCyclopses baths
thermaeLicinian baths
archaeological siteTemple of Pluto
Roman templeCapitoline temple in Dougga
Roman homeHouse of the Trifolium
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