HERITAGE RECORD · 193

Tipasa

提帕萨

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

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.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ3529269 ↗

Inception0600

Area52.16 ha

Administrative areaQ235814 · Q734505

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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