🏛️ Carthage
Tunisia
About This Sacred Site
Carthage, the great Phoenician and later Roman city on the coast of modern-day Tunisia, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of immense spiritual significance. The Tophet, an open-air sanctuary, was the most sacred site of Punic Carthage, dedicated to the gods Tanit and Baal Hammon. After Rome destroyed Carthage in 146 BCE, the rebuilt Roman city featured temples, baths, and eventually some of the earliest Christian churches in Africa. St. Augustine of Hippo studied here.
Key Facts
- •UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979
- •The Tophet sanctuary was dedicated to the Punic gods Tanit and Baal Hammon
- •Destroyed by Rome in 146 BCE and rebuilt as a major Roman city
- •St. Augustine studied rhetoric in Carthage before his conversion
- •The earliest Christian basilicas in North Africa have been found here
Location
Coordinates: 36.8528, 10.3233
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