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Dougga / Thugga

Tunisia
Date of Inscription: 1997
Criteria: (ii)(iii)
Core zone: 70 ha
Buffer zone: 80 ha
Gouvernat de Beja
N36 25 24.996 E9 13 13.008
Ref: 794

Brief Description

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.

Justification for Inscription

The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iii), considering that Dougga is the best preserved Roman small town in North Africa and as such provides an exceptional picture of everyday life in antiquity.

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