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Amphitheatre of El Jem

Tunisia
Date of Inscription: 1979
Criteria: (iv)(vi)
El-Mahdia
N35 17 47.004 E10 42 24.984
Ref: 38

Brief Description

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.

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