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Kerkuane

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Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Tunisia

Best of: Archeological Site, Ruins, Ancient

Description:

This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic War (c. 250 B.C.) and as a result was not rebuilt by the Romans. The remains constitute the only example of a Phoenicio-Punic city to have survived. The houses were built to a standard plan in accordance with a sophisticated notion of town planning. [More Details]

This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Kerkuane", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.