Carthage
Carthage is in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia. Carthage is situated nearby to the locality Cité Farhat Hached, as well as near Cité Bou Choucha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: delegation
- Description: delegation of Tunisia
- Also known as: “delegation of Carthage”, “Mu‘tamadīyat Qarţāj”, and “Qarţāj”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carthage and Baths of Antoninus.
Carthage
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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.
Baths of Antoninus
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The Baths of Antoninus or Baths of Carthage, located in Carthage, Tunisia, are the largest set of Roman thermae built on the African continent and one of three largest built in the Roman Empire.
Acropolium of Carthage
Cathedral
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The Acropolium, also known as Saint Louis Cathedral, is a former Latin Catholic church located in Carthage, Tunisia. The cathedral sits on the peak of Byrsa Hill, near the ruins of the ancient Punic and then Roman city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sidi Bou Said and La Marsa.
Sidi Bou Said
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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.
La Marsa
Photo: Youssefbensaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Marsa is a coastal city located in the northeastern part of Tunisia, situated along the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Tunis Governorate and has a population of around 100,000 people.
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.
Carthage
- Location: Tunis Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Carthage” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جاطرق”
- Arabic: “قرطاج”
- Arabic: “معتمدية قرطاج”
- Catalan: “Delegació de Cartago”
- French: “Carthage”
- French: “délégation de Carthage”
- French: “Délégation de Carthage”
- German: “Delegation Karthago”
- German: “Karthago”
- Greek: “Αντιπροσωπεία της Καρχηδόνας”
- Russian: “делегация Карфаген”
- Russian: “мутамадият Карфаген”
- Spanish: “Cartago”
- Spanish: “Carthage”
- Spanish: “Delegación de Cartago”
- Zulu: “Carthage Delegation”
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Localities in the Area
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