HERITAGE RECORD · 794

Dougga / Thugga

沙格镇

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of Thugga, built on an elevated site overlooking a fertile plain, was the capital of an important Libyco-Punic state. It flourished under Roman and Byzantine rule, but declined in the Islamic period. The impressive ruins that are visible today give some idea of the resources of a small Roman town on the fringes of the empire.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ32378 ↗

Area70 ha

Administrative areaQ276576

WikipediaDougga ↗

Chinese Wikipedia沙格镇 ↗

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Selection criteria

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

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

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

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