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Site Information
- UNESCO ID
- 38
- Category
- Cultural
- Country
- Tunisia
- Inscribed
- 1979
- Coordinates
- 35.2964, 10.7069
- Area
- 1 ha
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Selection Criteria
(iv)
(vi)
Criteria: (iv), (vi)
Description
The Amphitheatre of El Jem (Arabic: قصر الجم, romanized: Qaṣr al-Jamm) is an oval amphitheatre in the modern-day city of El Djem, Tunisia, formerly Thysdrus in the Roman province of Africa. It has been listed by UNESCO since 1979 as a World Heritage Site.