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.- Ruins
- Description: ancient city of Algeria
- Also known as“Caesarea of Mauretania”“Cesarea Mauritana”“Colonia Claudia Caesarea”“Iol”“Iol Caesareia”“Mint of Iol Caesareia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Fort Joinville Lighthouse and Military Academy of Cherchell Defunct President Houari Boumediene.
Fort Joinville Lighthouse
470 metres north of Caesarea in Mauretania
Military Academy of Cherchell Defunct President Houari Boumediene
Military Academy of Cherchell Defunct President Houari Boumediene is a military installation.
710 metres southeast of Caesarea in Mauretania
Roman amphitheater
Roman amphitheater is an archaeological site.
1 km east of Caesarea in Mauretania
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherchell and Sidi Ghiles.
Sidi Ghiles
Sidi Ghiles is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast.
6 km southwest of Caesarea in Mauretania
Caesarea in Mauretania
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Latitude
36.60733° or 36° 36′ 26″ north
Longitude
2.18697° or 2° 11′ 13″ east
Open location code
8F84J54P+WQ
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic = ruins
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Spanish—“Caesarea in Mauretania” goes by many names.
Ἰὼλ ΚαισάρειαAncient Greek (to 1453)
ΚαισάρειαAncient Greek (to 1453)
القيصرية في موريتانياArabic
قيصرية موريطنيةArabic
Cesarea de MauritàniaCatalan
凯撒里亚Chinese
毛里塔尼亚的凯撒里亚Chinese
CaesareaCzech
Caesarea, NumidiaIndonesian
Cesarea di MauretaniaItalian
Cesarea di MauritaniaItalian
カエサリアJapanese
Caesarea MauritaniaeLatin
Cezarea MauretańskaPolish
Кесария МавретанскаяRussian
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