page_title: Basilica of Damous El Karita
section_title: Basilica
hierarchical_section_title: Basilica of Damous El Karita / Plan / Basilica
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Carthage - Plan de la basilique de Damous Karita
context_page_description: The basilica of Damous El Karita is a Tunisian basilica, located in Carthage, dating from the Late antiquity and the Byzantine epoch. It is situated nearby the Odeon hills within the archeological site of Carthage.
  Most important and known Christian architectural complex within the capital of the Roman province of Africa, it is according to Noël Duval "one of the most important Christian monuments" but also "most abused and poorly known". The architectural complex, indeed was one of the most important architectural Christian cultural ensembles of North Africa from the late antiquity up to the late middle-ages. The entire ensemble was composed of 2 churches, at least one martyrium, several Hypogeums as well as a subterran rotunda with a complex interpretation.
  The importance of the complex suggests that the place was not only a funerary center but also a major pilgrimage site linked to the cults of the saints buried in this place as well as of important religious festivals.
  The identification of the basilica is complex but, following recent works, some authors accept the identification with a basilica known by literary sources as the basilica Fausti.
context_section_description: The most massive element of the complex is a church with nine (then eleven) naves, from which the largest mesures 12.80 metres and eleven bays whose pillars have Corinthian capitals, the barrels of the columns are made out of green marble and the bases out of white marble. The main building is oriented South-West- North-East and mesures 65 metres over 45.
caption: Plan of the basilica, Delattre, 1892
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