Carthage tophet
The Carthage tophet is an ancient sacred area dedicated to the Phoenician deities Tanit and Baal, located in the Carthaginian district of Salammbô, Tunisia, near the Punic ports.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: cemetery in Tunisia
- Also known as: “Salāmbaw”, “Salambo”, “Salambôo”, “Salammbo”, “Salammbô”, “Salammbôo”, “Tophet de Salammbô”, “Tophet of Carthage”, and “Tophet Sanctuary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carthage and Salammbô Oceanographic Museum “Dar El Hout”.
Carthage
Photo: Saratanit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world.
Salammbô Oceanographic Museum “Dar El Hout”
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salammbô Oceanographic Museum “Dar El Hout” is situated 380 metres northeast of Carthage tophet.
Bib Knissia Basilica
Park
The Carthage Paleo-Christian Museum is an archaeological museum of Paleochristian artifacts, located in Carthage, Tunisia. Built on an excavation site, it lies above the former Carthaginian basilica. Bib Knissia Basilica is situated 750 metres north of Carthage tophet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Kram and La Goulette.
Le Kram
Town
Photo: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Kram is a town and commune in the Tunis Governorate of Tunisia. Situated between La Goulette, the port of Tunis, and Carthage, it opens onto the Gulf of Tunis to the east and the Lake of Tunis to the west.
La Goulette
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
La Goulette, in Arabic Halq al-Wadi, is a municipality and the port of Tunis, Tunisia. La Goulette is located at around on a sandbar between Lake Tūnis and the Gulf of Tunis.
Sidi Bou Said
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sidi Bou Said is a village in Tunisia. The best time to visit is early autumn or spring, before the assault of package tourists begins, when you can still walk alone on the narrow streets, around white-blue traditional houses, enjoying the views.
Carthage tophet
- Categories: Punic necropolis, sanctuary, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Carthage Plage, Carthage, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.84143° or 36° 50′ 29″ northLongitude
10.32308° or 10° 19′ 23″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8F8GR8RF+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 131384754OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Carthage tophet” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “توفاة صلامبو”
- Arabic: “توفاة قرطاج”
- Asturian: “Tofet de Cartago”
- Bulgarian: “Картагенски тофет”
- Catalan: “Tofet de Salambó”
- Catalan: “Tofet de Salambô”
- Dutch: “Tophet Sanctuary”
- French: “nécropole punique dite le Tophet”
- French: “tophet de Carthage”
- French: “Tophet de Carthage”
- French: “tophet de Salambô”
- French: “tophet de Salammbô”
- French: “Tophet de Salammbô”
- Persian: “توفت کارتاژ”
- Slovenian: “kartažanski tofet”
- Spanish: “Tofet de Cartago”
- Spanish: “Tofet de Salambo”
- Spanish: “Tofet de Salambó”
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