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.
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 | |||
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| Sese Grande | 2020 | 75.6km | site_ao | ||
| Dar El Annabi | 2020 | 67.4km | site_ao | ||
| Hotel du Lac | 2019 | 82.7km | site_ao | ||
| An Ancient Tophet at Carthage | 2017 | 70km | site_ao | ||
| Hôtel du Lac | 1970 | 82.7km | site_brutalism | ||
| Archaeological Site of Carthage | 1979 | 69.8km | site_whs | ||
| The Implicit Threat of Being Designated a World Heritage Site | 2019 | 69.1km | post |
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