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Timgad

Algeria
Date of Inscription: 1982
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)
Core zone: 0.035 ha
Commune of Timgad, Wilaya (province) of Batna
N35 29 00.0 E6 28 00.0
Ref: 194

Brief Description

Timgad lies on the northern slopes of the Aurès mountains and was created ex nihilo as a military colony by the Emperor Trajan in AD 100. With its square enclosure and orthogonal design based on the cardo and decumanus, the two perpendicular routes running through the city, it is an excellent example of Roman town planning.

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