El Jem Amphitheatre

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Roman amphitheatre UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient monument

El Jem Amphitheatre is a massive, well-preserved Roman colosseum in central Tunisia, renowned as one of North Africa’s most impressive ancient monuments and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Amphitheatre of El Jem 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman amphitheatre ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient monument ⓘ
ancientCityName Thysdrus ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ancient Roman architecture ⓘ
builtInCity Thysdrus ⓘ
condition well-preserved ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 3rd century ⓘ
constructionStartReignOf Emperor Gordian III ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
governingBody National Heritage Institute of Tunisia ⓘ
hasFeature arena ⓘ
radial passageways ⓘ
subterranean galleries ⓘ
tiered seating ⓘ
vaulted corridors ⓘ
hasNearbyMuseum El Jem Archaeological Museum ⓘ
height about 36 metres ⓘ
heritageCriteria Criterion (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionBy UNESCO ⓘ
length about 148 metres ⓘ
locatedIn El Jem ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
locatedInCountry Tunisia ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Tunisia ⓘ
locatedInSubregion North Africa ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
maximumCapacity about 35000 spectators ⓘ
numberOfStoreys 3 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
surface form: Roman Africa

Roman Empire ⓘ
shape elliptical ⓘ
significance one of North Africa’s most impressive ancient monuments ⓘ
one of the best-preserved Roman stone ruins in the world ⓘ
one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in the world ⓘ
similarTo Colosseum ⓘ
surface form: Colosseum in Rome
touristAttraction major tourist site in Tunisia ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 38 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ
usedAs filming location ⓘ
usedFor gladiatorial games ⓘ
public spectacles ⓘ
venationes ⓘ
width about 122 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Tunisia → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInCountry → El Jem Amphitheatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amphitheatre of El Jem
El Jem Archaeological Museum → associatedWith → El Jem Amphitheatre ⓘ
Tunisia → hasHistoricalSite → El Jem Amphitheatre ⓘ
El Jem → hasLandmark → El Jem Amphitheatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amphitheatre of El Jem
Thysdrus → hasStructure → El Jem Amphitheatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amphitheatre of El Jem
El Jem Archaeological Museum → near → El Jem Amphitheatre ⓘ