Dougga / Thugga World Heritage Site

Official name

Dougga / Thugga | UNESCO

Country

Tunisia | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

Gouvernat de Beja
36.4236° Lat, 9.2202° Lon | Map

Code

794

Time Zone

Africa/Tunis (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1997. Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of Thugga, built on an elevated site overlooking a fertile plain, was the capital of an important Libyco-Punic state. It flourished under Roman and Byzantine rule, but declined in the Islamic period. The impressive ruins that are visible today give some idea of the resources of a small Roman town on the fringes of the empire.