Ancient Caesarea's forum is enclosed between buildings behind a railing. The site was discovered by chance in the 1960s, when a statue was discovered when builders started digging the foundations for a new cinema. An Algerian-British team excavated the site over two seasons and, as well as the forum, revealed a church and remains of earlier Punic settlement. Today there's not much to see except a few broken pillars and paving slabs half covered in wild flowers.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
14.27 MILES
The founders of Tipasa (as Tipaza was known during the Roman era) obviously had an eye for aesthetics. The town rolls gently downhill through pine trees…
0.13 MILES
This museum houses some of the finest sculptures and mosaics in the country. Among the highlights are marble busts of the royal family of Juba II, a rare…
6.16 MILES
A 10-minute drive east of Cherchell are the remains of a massive Roman-era aqueduct built by Juba II to bring water from a source 35km away. The 50m-high…
14.41 MILES
Tipaza's small museum has some fine funerary stele showing warriors on horseback and, the show-stopper of the collection, a mosaic of captives, which at…
0.09 MILES
On the southern limit of the old town, the Roman theatre is believed to have been built by Juba II. If true, it is one of the earliest surviving Roman…
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0.09 MILES
On the southern limit of the old town, the Roman theatre is believed to have been built by Juba II. If true, it is one of the earliest surviving Roman…
0.13 MILES
This museum houses some of the finest sculptures and mosaics in the country. Among the highlights are marble busts of the royal family of Juba II, a rare…
6.16 MILES
A 10-minute drive east of Cherchell are the remains of a massive Roman-era aqueduct built by Juba II to bring water from a source 35km away. The 50m-high…
14.27 MILES
The founders of Tipasa (as Tipaza was known during the Roman era) obviously had an eye for aesthetics. The town rolls gently downhill through pine trees…
14.41 MILES
Tipaza's small museum has some fine funerary stele showing warriors on horseback and, the show-stopper of the collection, a mosaic of captives, which at…