page_title: Dougga
section_title: Triumphal arches
hierarchical_section_title: Dougga / Political monuments / Triumphal arches
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Arc de triomphe This is a photo of the protected monument identified by the ID 31-50 in Tunisia.
context_page_description: Dougga or Thugga or TBGG was a Berber, Punic and Roman settlement near present-day Téboursouk in northern Tunisia. The current archaeological site covers 65 hectares. UNESCO qualified Dougga as a World Heritage Site in 1997, believing that it represents "the best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa". The site, which lies in the middle of the countryside, has been protected from the encroachment of modern urbanization, in contrast, for example, to Carthage, which has been pillaged and rebuilt on numerous occasions. Dougga's size, its well-preserved monuments and its rich Numidian-Berber, Punic, ancient Roman and Byzantine history make it exceptional. Amongst the most famous monuments at the site are a Libyco-Punic Mausoleum, the Capitol, the Roman theatre, and the temples of Saturn and of Juno Caelestis.
context_section_description: Dougga still contains two triumphal arches, which are in different states of disrepair.
  Septimius Severus’s arch, which is heavily damaged, stands close to the mausoleum and on the route leading from Carthage to Théveste. It was erected in AD 205.
  Alexander Severus' arch, which dates from 222-235, is relatively well preserved, despite the loss of its upper elements. It is equidistant from the capitol and the Temple of Juno Caelestis. Its arcade is 4 m (13 ft) tall.
  A third triumphal arch, dating from the Tetrarchy, has been completely lost.
caption: Alexander Severus's arch
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