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Amphitheatre of El Jem

Kategorie
Cultural
Land
Tunisia
Einschreibungsjahr
1979
Kriterien
(iv)(vi)
UNESCO-ID
38

Beschreibung

The impressive ruins of the largest colosseum in North Africa, a huge amphitheatre which could hold up to 35,000 spectators, are found in the small village of El Jem. This 3rd-century monument illustrates the grandeur and extent of Imperial Rome.