Hippo Regius
Hippo Regius is the ancient name of the modern city of Annaba, Algeria. It served as an important city for the Phoenicians, Berbers, Romans, and Vandals.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: ancient name for the modern city of Annaba, Algeria
- Also known as: “Ruines d’Hippone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basilica of Saint Augustine and Hippo Regius Museum.
Basilica of Saint Augustine
Church
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The Basilica of Saint Augustine is a Catholic basilica and pro-cathedral located in Annaba, Algeria. It is dedicated to Saint Augustine of Hippo. Basilica of Saint Augustine is situated 2 km northeast of Hippo Regius.
Hippo Regius Museum
Museum
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Hippo Regius Museum is situated 2½ km northeast of Hippo Regius.
Annaba
Railway station
Annaba is a railway station, which is situated 4 km northeast of Hippo Regius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Annaba and Sidi Amar.
Annaba
Photo: DzM3ahom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Annaba, formerly known as Hippone, Bona and Bône, is a seaport city in the northeastern corner of Algeria, close to the border with Tunisia. Annaba is near the small Seybouse River and is in Annaba Province.
Sidi Amar
Village
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Sidi Amar is a town in north-eastern Algeria. Sidi Amar is situated 5 km south of Hippo Regius.
Seraïdi
Village
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Seraïdi is a town in north-eastern Algeria. Seraïdi is situated 7 km northwest of Hippo Regius.
Hippo Regius
- Categories: archaeological site, Roman city, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: El Bouni, Annaba, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Hippo Regius” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هيبون”
- Armenian: “Հիպո Ռեգուիս”
- Belarusian: “Гіпон Царскі”
- Belarusian: “Гіпон-Рэгій”
- Belarusian: “Гіпон”
- Bulgarian: “Хипон”
- Catalan: “Hipona”
- Catalan: “Hippo Regius”
- Chinese: “希坡”
- Chinese: “希波城”
- Czech: “Hippo Regius”
- Danish: “Hippo Regius”
- Dutch: “Hippo Regius”
- Esperanto: “Hippo Regius”
- French: “Hippo Regius”
- French: “Hippone”
- Georgian: “ჰიპონია”
- German: “Hippo Regius”
- Greek: “Βασιλικός Ιππών”
- Hebrew: “היפו רגיוס”
- Hungarian: “Hippo Regius”
- Indonesian: “Hippo Regius”
- Irish: “Hippo Regius”
- Italian: “Bona”
- Italian: “Hippo Regius”
- Italian: “Hippo”
- Italian: “Hippone”
- Italian: “Ippona”
- Japanese: “ヒッポ・レジウス”
- Japanese: “ヒッポレギウス”
- Japanese: “ヒッポレジアス”
- Korean: “히포 레기우스”
- Macedonian: “Хипон”
- Malagasy: “Hipôna”
- Mingrelian: “ჰიპონია”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hippo Regius”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hippo Regius”
- Norwegian: “Hippo Regius”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ipòna”
- Persian: “هیپو رگیوس”
- Polish: “Hippo Regius”
- Polish: “Hippona”
- Portuguese: “Hipona”
- Portuguese: “Hippo Regius”
- Russian: “Гиппон-Регий”
- Russian: “Гиппон”
- Serbian: “Hipon”
- Serbian: “Хипон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hipon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hippo Regius”
- Slovenian: “Hipon”
- Slovenian: “Hipona”
- Slovenian: “Hippo Regius”
- Spanish: “Hipona Regio”
- Spanish: “Hipona”
- Spanish: “Hippo Regius”
- Spanish: “Hippo”
- Swedish: “Hippo Regius”
- Swedish: “Hippo”
- Turkish: “Hippo Regius”
- Ukrainian: “Гіппон Царський”
- Urdu: “ہیپو ریگس”
- Vietnamese: “Hippo Regius”
- Western Frisian: “Hippo Regius”
- “Hippo Regius”
- “Iponia”
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