A Phoenician trading-post that served as an outlet for the products of the African hinterland, Sabratha was part of the short-lived Numidian Kingdom of Massinissa before being Romanized and rebuilt in the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D.
Criteria for inclusion as a World Heritage Site
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| iii | To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. | All |
Nearby
Sites
| Name | Since | Distance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Porta d’Europa’ (‘Gateway to Europe’) | 2020 | 299.1km | site_ao | ||
| Arch of Marcus Aurelius | 2019 | 65.4km | site_ao | ||
| El Jem Amphitheatre | 2019 | 321.8km | site_ao | ||
| Rabbit Islet Has No Rabbits | 2019 | 300.9km | site_ao | ||
| Matmata Underground Houses | 2018 | 248.3km | site_ao | ||
| Amphitheatre of El Jem | 1979 | 321.8km | site_whs | ||
| Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna | 1982 | 170.2km | site_whs |
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