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Djémila (Arabic: جميلة, romanized: Ǧamīlah, lit. 'Beautiful (one)'), formerly Cuicul, is a small mountain village in Algeria, near the northern coast east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Roman ruins in North Africa are found. It is situated in the region bordering the Constantinois and Petite Kabylie (Basse Kabylie).
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Djémila District is a district of Sétif Province, Algeria. [1]
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Download QR code; Print/export ... Map of Algeria highlighting Sétif. ... There is also the World Heritage Site of Djémila there. History
Djémila: Sétif: 1982 191; iii, iv (cultural) The Roman town of Djémila was founded in the late 1st century under the Emperor Nerva. It was a defensive settlement, located at an elevation of 900 m (3,000 ft). It expanded in the 3rd century and declined with the collapse of Rome in the 6th century.
Part of the Arch of Caracalla at Djémila.. The arch, with a single span, reaches a height of 12.5 m, a width on 11.6 m and a depth of 3.9 m. On both sides of the span on the pylons are niches, each framed by a pair of Corinthian columns on pedestals, with smooth drums, detached from the wall.
Its construction dates from the year 33 av. AD during the reign of Emperor Augustus. Auzia quickly became a powerful city, capital of the highland regions, which relegates to a secondary role the strategic importance of the Roman city of Djemila, the ancient Cuicui, in the wilaya of Setif because of its remoteness from the centers Of Roman power.
Djémila: Sétif, Algeria. Cultural:AlgDje (iii), (iv) 30 (74) 1982 The ruins of a Roman town in a mountainous location, including a forum, temples, basilicas, triumphal arches and houses, each adapted to a location 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level.