Tipasa World Heritage Site

Official name

Tipasa | UNESCO

Country

Algeria | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

Commune and Wilaya (province) of Tipasa
36.5500° Lat, 2.3833° Lon | Map

Code

193

Time Zone

Africa/Algiers (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1982. On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa was an ancient Punic trading-post conquered by Rome and turned into a strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman, palaeochristian and Byzantine ruins alongside indigenous monuments such as the Kbor er Roumia, the great royal mausoleum of Mauretania.