Dougga / Thugga

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Dougga (Thugga) is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman and pre-Roman city in northern Tunisia, renowned for its monumental ruins such as its theater, Capitol, and temples.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dougga 10
Dougga / Thugga canonical 2
Thugga (Latin) 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Numidian settlement
Roman town
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ancient city
archaeological site
tourist attraction
country Tunisia
culture Numidian culture
Phoenician civilization
surface form: Punic culture

Roman culture
distanceFromCapital about 110 km southwest of Tunis
foundedBy Berbers
surface form: Numidians
governingBody National Heritage Institute of Tunisia
hasAlias Thugga
Dougga / Thugga self-linksurface differs
surface form: Thugga (Latin)
hasPart Capitol of Dougga
mausoleum of Ateban
surface form: Libyco-Punic mausoleum

Temple of Juno Caelestis
Temple of Mercury
Temple of Saturn
cisterns
city walls
forum of Dougga
mausoleum of Ateban
public baths
residential quarters
sanctuaries
Dougga / Thugga self-linksurface differs
surface form: theater of Dougga

triumphal arch
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inscriptionLanguage Latin
Libyan (Libyco-Berber)
Punic script
surface form: Neo-Punic

Punic
locatedIn Béja Governorate
northern Tunisia
locatedInHistoricalRegion Africa Proconsularis
locatedInRegion North Africa
locatedNear Téboursouk
locatedOn a hilltop
notableFor Capitol
Roman theater
exceptional state of preservation
monumental ruins
public buildings
temples
protectionStatus protected archaeological site
recognizedFor illustrating the daily life of a small Roman town in North Africa
timePeriod Byzantine Empire
surface form: Byzantine period

Numidia
surface form: Numidian period

Roman Antiquity
surface form: Roman period

pre-Roman period
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii)
(iii)
(iv)
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 1997
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 794

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunisia UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInCountry Dougga / Thugga
Dougga / Thugga hasAlias Dougga / Thugga self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Dougga
this entity surface form: Thugga (Latin)
Dougga / Thugga hasPart Dougga / Thugga self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Dougga
this entity surface form: theater of Dougga
Temple of Saturn locatedIn Dougga / Thugga
subject surface form: Temple of Saturn (Dougga)
this entity surface form: Dougga
mausoleum of Ateban locatedIn Dougga / Thugga
subject surface form: Mausoleum of Ateban
this entity surface form: Dougga
Capitol of Dougga locatedIn Dougga / Thugga
this entity surface form: Dougga
Temple of Juno Caelestis locatedIn Dougga / Thugga
this entity surface form: Dougga
Temple of Juno Caelestis modernNameOfCity Dougga / Thugga
this entity surface form: Dougga
forum of Dougga locatedIn Dougga / Thugga
this entity surface form: Dougga
Temple of Mercury locatedIn Dougga / Thugga
subject surface form: Temple of Mercury (Dougga)
this entity surface form: Dougga
Téboursouk hasNearbySite Dougga / Thugga
this entity surface form: Dougga
Béja Governorate containsSite Dougga / Thugga
this entity surface form: Dougga
Capitol locatedIn Dougga / Thugga
subject surface form: Capitol of Dougga
this entity surface form: Dougga
city of Thugga hasPart Dougga / Thugga
subject surface form: Thugga
this entity surface form: theatre of Thugga