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Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis

Tunisia
Date of Inscription: 1985
Extension: 1986
Criteria: (iii)
Gouvernorat de Nabeul
N36 56 47.0 E11 05 57.0
Ref: 332bis

Brief Description

This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic War (c. 250 B.C.) and as a result was not rebuilt by the Romans. The remains constitute the only example of a Phoenicio-Punic city to have survived. The houses were built to a standard plan in accordance with a sophisticated notion of town planning.

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