dougga



ok, dougga is the most amazing place, 80ish km outside of tunis it is an astonishingly intact roman city, complete with 21 roman temples......


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the theatre when we just arrived theatre is on top of a hill at the dge of the terbersouk moutains theatre originally sat 3500 roman spectators

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one of the great views from the theatre a rogue donkey tombs and ruins scattered over the hill engraved stones


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view across to the main temple The temple of saturn inscription at the temple of saturn

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again at the temple of saturn ahhhh unbelievably cute h'mar

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looking up the hill looking back over the rocky ground the temple of mercury in situ villa mosaic

long

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the great capital which originally held sculptures of juno, jupiter and minerva carved relief from temple of pluto to the great capital j. in pluto temple

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central forum b. sitting on the remains of an arch to septimus severus? mauseleum of ateban dates to carthaginian times weather getting a bit ominous by now!

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"druids" meeting in the ruins despite appearances j. is not photoshopped on to this pic........ another donkey
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excavations are continuing... the complex of houses going down the side of the hill at the temple of juno caelestis

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donkey pre-downpour.... b. on an orators knee


and now to sidi bou said and hammamet...