Caesarea in Mauretania
Caesarea in Mauretania was a Roman colony in Roman-Berber North Africa. It was the capital of Mauretania Caesariensis and is now called Cherchell, in modern Algeria.Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: ancient city of Algeria
- Also known as: “Caesarea of Mauretania”, “Cesarea Mauritana”, “Colonia Claudia Caesarea”, “Iol”, “Iol Caesareia”, and “Mint of Iol Caesareia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Joinville Lighthouse and Military Academy of Cherchell Defunct President Houari Boumediene.
Fort Joinville Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: habib kaki, CC BY 3.0.
Fort Joinville Lighthouse is situated 470 metres north of Caesarea in Mauretania.
Military Academy of Cherchell Defunct President Houari Boumediene
Military installation
Photo: Magharebia, CC BY 2.0.
Military Academy of Cherchell Defunct President Houari Boumediene is a military installation, which is situated 710 metres southeast of Caesarea in Mauretania.
Roman amphitheater
Archaeological site
Roman amphitheater is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 km east of Caesarea in Mauretania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherchell and Sidi Ghiles.
Cherchell
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cherchell is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, 89 kilometers west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.
Sidi Ghiles
Town
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sidi Ghiles is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast. The municipality of Novi is located about 32 kilometres west of Tipasa and 7 kilometres southwest of Cherchell. Sidi Ghiles is situated 6 km southwest of Caesarea in Mauretania.
Caesarea in Mauretania
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Commune de Cherchell, Cherchell District, Tipaza Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.60733° or 36° 36′ 26″ northLongitude
2.18697° or 2° 11′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8F84J54P+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 172032689OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q1309531
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Spanish—“Caesarea in Mauretania” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἰὼλ Καισάρεια”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Καισάρεια”
- Arabic: “القيصرية في موريتانيا”
- Arabic: “قيصرية موريطنية”
- Catalan: “Cesarea de Mauritània”
- Chinese: “凯撒里亚”
- Chinese: “毛里塔尼亚的凯撒里亚”
- Czech: “Caesarea”
- French: “Césarée de Maurétanie”
- German: “Caesarea Mauretaniae”
- German: “Caesarea”
- Indonesian: “Caesarea, Numidia”
- Italian: “Cesarea di Mauretania”
- Italian: “Cesarea di Mauritania”
- Japanese: “カエサリア”
- Latin: “Caesarea Mauritaniae”
- Polish: “Cezarea Mauretańska”
- Russian: “Кесария Мавретанская”
- Spanish: “Cesarea en Mauritania”
- Spanish: “Cesarea Mauritana”
- Spanish: “Iol Caesarea”
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Notable Places Nearby
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