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Chemtou



Chemtou
Introduction

1. Underground quarries

2. Numidian Altar & Roman Temple

3. Forum and Basilica

4. Theatre

5. Roman bridge

6. Baths

7. Aqueduct

8. Prison camps

9. Amphitheatre

10. Museum

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CHEMTOU
Roman bridge
Chemtou, Tunisia


Chemtou, Tunisia


The Roman bridge must have been a beautiful construction, but only two of the piers still stand. The outer one seems to want to fall down together with the 3 that were destroyed in flooding in the 4th century CE.




By Tore Kjeilen