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Kerkouane
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Kerkouane or Kerkuane (, Karkwān) is the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. Kerkouane was one of the most important Punic cities, with Carthage, Hadrumetum (modern Sousse), and Utica. This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic War ( BC) and was not rebuilt by the Romans. It had existed for almost 400 years.
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- Ancient site.name
- Kerkouane
- Ancient site.image
- Kerkouane - panorama.jpg
- Ancient site.map_type
- Tunisia
- Ancient site.map_size
- 150
- Ancient site.location
- Nabeul Governorate, Tunisia
- Ancient site.designation1
- WHS
- Ancient site.designation1_offname
- Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
- Ancient site.designation1_type
- Cultural
- Ancient site.designation1_criteria
- iii
- Ancient site.designation1_date
- 1985 (9th session)
- Ancient site.designation1_number
- 332
- Ancient site.designation1_free2name
- UNESCO Region
- Ancient site.designation1_free2value
- Arab States
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- 0.1022
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- Kerkouane1.JPG
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Kerkouane or Kerkuane (, Karkwān) is the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. Kerkouane was one of the most important Punic cities, with Carthage, Hadrumetum (modern Sousse), and Utica. This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic War ( BC) and was not rebuilt by the Romans. It had existed for almost 400 years.
UNESCO declared the Punic town of Kerkouane and its necropolis a World Heritage Site in 1985, citing among other things that the remains constitute the only example of a Phoenicio-Punic city to have survived.
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