Introducing Djemila
A highlight of Algeria (and of North Africa for that matter), the remarkable World Heritage site of Djemila is all that remains of the ancient Roman town of Cuicul. Tucked into the strikingly beautiful Petite Kabylie hills, some 40km inland from the Mediterranean, Djemila is one of the most perfect expressions of the meeting of Roman power and African beauty. Here, more than almost anywhere else this side of the Mediterranean, perhaps even more than in the great Libyan sites of Leptis Magna or Sabratha, you can come closer to understanding the Roman aesthetic: the marriage of order and beauty. It is, as the French writer Albert Camus observed, ‘a lesson in love and patience’.
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Last updated: Mar 2, 2009
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Re: Trip to Setif & Djemila (Roman town of Cuicul)
by safarktir 07 December 2011
Indeed, there's little up-to-date on Algeria. As to liberty to roam it's a bit hard to disentangle people's concern for you from any real…
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RE: Trip to Setif & Djemila (Roman town of Cuicul)
by neckervd 06 December 2011
thanks for the report, Kira
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RE: Trip to Setif & Djemila (Roman town of Cuicul)
by Kira 04 December 2011
Nope & I've just faced the music, the powers that be with this contract have just given me a dressing down for leaving Algiers ... They…
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