Dougga
Dougga is a small town in the north of Tunisia that holds the extensive ruins of a Roman town, set on a hilltop, overlooking surrounding valleys with olive plantations, featured on the UNESCO World Heritage list.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Emna Trabelsi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
September 16th—March 31st: 8:30 AM—5:30 PM
April 1st—September 15th: 8:00 AM—7:00 PM - Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Tunisia
- Also known as: “Djouggar”, “Duqqa”, and “Thugga”
- Address: دقة
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arch of Alexander Severus and Baths.
Arch of Alexander Severus
Ruins
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Arch of Alexander Severus is a Roman triumphal arch in the ancient civitas of Thugga, located in Dougga, Béja, Tunisia. It was dedicated to the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus.
Baths
Ruins
Photo: Pradigue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Aïn Doura Baths are a series of Roman-era ruins located in Dougga, Tunisia. The site contains ruins from a Roman bath dating to the 4th century, and is considered an important archaeological heritage site by the National Heritage Institute of Tunisia.
Theatre of Dougga
Ruins
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
The Roman theatre of Dougga is an ancient theatre located in Teboursouk in the north-west of Tunisia.
Dougga
- Categories: Carthaginian archaeological site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dougga, Teboursouk, Béja Governorate, Northern Tunisia, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.4234° or 36° 25′ 24″ northLongitude
9.2185° or 9° 13′ 7″ eastElevation
571 metres (1,873 feet)Open location code
8F8FC6F9+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 204663411OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Dougga” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دقة”
- Arabic: “دڨة”
- Asturian: “Dougga”
- Basque: “Dougga”
- Bulgarian: “Дуга”
- Catalan: “Dougga”
- Catalan: “Thugga”
- Chinese: “沙格鎮”
- Chinese: “沙格镇”
- Croatian: “Dougga”
- Czech: “Dougga”
- Czech: “Thugga”
- Dagbani: “Dougga”
- Danish: “Dougga”
- Danish: “Thugga”
- Dutch: “Dougga”
- Dutch: “Thugga”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دقه”
- Finnish: “Dougga”
- Finnish: “Thugga”
- French: “Dougga”
- French: “Thugga”
- French: “Tukka”
- Galician: “Dougga”
- Georgian: “დუგა”
- Georgian: “ტუგა”
- German: “Dougga”
- German: “Duqa”
- German: “Duqqa”
- German: “Thugga”
- Hausa: “Dougga”
- Hebrew: “דוגה”
- Hungarian: “Dugga”
- Indonesian: “Dougga”
- Italian: “Dougga”
- Italian: “Thugga”
- Japanese: “ドゥッガ”
- Lithuanian: “Duga”
- Maltese: “Dougga”
- Maltese: “Thugga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dougga”
- Norwegian: “Dougga”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Dougga”
- Persian: “دوگا”
- Polish: “Dougga”
- Polish: “Dugga”
- Polish: “Thugga”
- Portuguese: “Dougga”
- Portuguese: “Duga”
- Portuguese: “Thugga”
- Russian: “Дугга”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dougga”
- Slovak: “Dukka”
- Slovak: “Thugga”
- Spanish: “Dougga”
- Spanish: “Thugga”
- Swedish: “Dougga”
- Swedish: “Thugga”
- Turkish: “Thugga”
- Ukrainian: “Дугга”
- Uzbek: “Dugga”
- Welsh: “Dougga”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Dougga”. Photo: Emna Trabelsi, CC BY-SA 3.0.