Dougga

Dougga is a town in Tunisia which holds the Ruins of a Berber, Punic and Roman city. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It was known as Thugga to the Romans and was located in the Province of Africa Proconsularis.

Dolmens

Dougga has a large collection of funerary Dolmens whose dating has been variously estimated to be between 1,500-500 BCE.

Punic-Libyan Sites

Numidian Bazina Tombs
Punic-Libyan Mausoleum of Dougga

Roman Sites

Dougga holds one of the best preserved small Roman cities in North Africa.
- Trifolium Villa
- Market with Portico
- Licinian Baths
- Roman Sepulchres
- Hypogeum
- Arch of Septimius Severus (193-211 CE)
- Arch of Severus Alexander (222-235 CE)
- Forum
- Theatre (c.169 CE)
  - well preserved and had seating for 3,500 spectators
- Auditorium
  - An annex of the Temple of Liber
- Circus (no visible Ruins)
- Roman Baths
  - Bath of the Cyclopses
    - mosaic on display in the Bardo National Museum.
  - Antonian Bath
  - Ain Doura Baths
- Temple of Massinissa (c.139 BCE)
- Capitol (c.167 CE)
- Temple of Mercury
- Temple of August Piety
- Temple of Minerva
- Temple of Caracalla’s Victory in Germany
- Temple of Pluto
- Temple of Saturn
- Temple of Juno Caelestis
- House of Lacheb
- Victoria Church
- Aqueducts and Cisterns
- Streets
- House of Venus mosaic
- Ain Doura Bath mosaic
- Walls
  - built in late Classical Antiquity

Museums

Bardo National Museum, P7, Tunis
- The museum holds impressive moasics and statues from Dougga

Dougga

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