Tipasa
Overview
On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa was an ancient Punic trading-post conquered by Rome and turned into a strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman, palaeochristian and Byzantine ruins alongside indigenous monuments such as the Kbor er Roumia, the great royal mausoleum of Mauretania.
About Tipasa
Tipasa, sometimes distinguished as Tipasa in Mauretania, was a colonia in the Roman province Mauretania Caesariensis, nowadays called Tipaza, and located in coastal central Algeria. Since 1982, it has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It was declared a World Heritage Site in danger in 2002, but was removed from the danger list in 2006 following conservation efforts.
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Components(3 locations)
- •Mausoleum Kbor er Roumia193-003
- •Tipasa: Parc archaéologique est193-002
- •Tipasa: Parc archaéologique ouest193-001
Details
- Countries
- Algeria
- ISO Codes
- DZ
- Area
- 52.16 ha
- Coordinates
- 36.5500, 2.3833
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