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These Roman cadastres are the best preserved in the world. Three copies of rural land registers, carved in stone, were discovered in 1949 though in a large number of fragments. The purpose of the maps was to display in the city, so that individuals could identify and restore public lands that they had appropriated.
Thysdrus was a Carthaginian town and Roman colony near present-day El Djem, Tunisia. Under the Romans, it was the center of olive oil production in the provinces of Africa and Byzacena and was quite prosperous.
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus . [3] It crosses the river Gardon near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France. The Pont du Gard is one of the best preserved Roman aqueduct bridges.
The Mausoleum of the Julii, located across the Via Domitia, to the north of, and just outside the city entrance, dates to about 40 BC, and is one of the best preserved mausoleums of the Roman era. [11] A dedication is carved on the architrave of the building facing the old Roman road, which reads:
The majority of the Byzantine buildings stand on the foundations and incorporate elements of earlier Roman ones. They include: The Basilica of Bellator (late 4th or early 5th century), named for a local bishop [3] and including The Chapel of Jucundus, which served as a baptistery and was named for an early 5th-century bishop buried there [3]
Hisarya has one of the best preserved Roman walls in Bulgaria and one of the best preserved in Europe. Their length is 2327 m, the width varies between 2.60 and 4 m, and the height reaches 12.5 m. There were 44 towers, 4 main gates and 6 smaller entrances. Two of the gates, the southern and the western, are well preserved.
Portus Adurni was a Roman fort in the Roman province of Britannia situated at the north end of Portsmouth Harbour. It was part of the Saxon Shore, and is the best-preserved Roman fort north of the Alps. [1] Around an eighth of the fort has been excavated. [2] It was later converted into a medieval castle known as Portchester Castle.
Most notable is the best-preserved cistern in the Iberian Peninsula, containing columns of Roman origin, constructed to store rainwater. Partly excavated in the natural rock, it is approximately 15 meters long by 10 meters wide. Sixteen horseshoe arches supported by 12 columns, some of Roman origin, form the five vaulted naves of the cistern.