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Timgad (Arabic: تيمقاد, romanized: Tīmqād, known as Marciana Traiana Thamugadi) was a Roman city in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The full name of the city was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi .
The Arch of Trajan is a Roman triumphal arch located in the city of Timgad (ancient Thamugadi), near Batna, Algeria. It was built between the later 2nd century and the early 3rd century. The three vaulted arch composed the western gate of the city, at the beginning of the Decumanus Maximus and the end of the road coming from Lambaesis.
Timgad Museum National 1930 The Timgad Museum is located at the entrance of the ancient city of Timgad, often referred to as the "Pompeii of North Africa," in Batna Province, Algeria. The museum exhibits artifacts uncovered in Timgad, a city founded during the reign of Emperor Trajan, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
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Timgad (250 A.D.) (modern Algeria) The library was a gift to the Roman people and province of Thamugadi or Timgad by Julius Quintianus Flavius Rogatianus in the third century. [21] The library contained an expansive arched hall which consisted of a reading room, stack room, and a rotunda for lectures. [21]
This is a list of Roman triumphal arches.Triumphal arches were constructed across the Roman Empire and are an archetypal example of Roman architecture.Most surviving Roman arches date from the Imperial period (1st century BC onwards).
Built on the site of a Phoenician trading post from the 6th century BCE, it got its present layout in the 16th century under the Ottomans. It has old mosques, Ottoman-style palaces, souks, hammams, and traditional buildings that reflect the life in a Mediterranean Muslim city. At the time of inscription, it was home to around 50,000 people.
He participated in and from 1889 directed the excavations of the ancient Roman cities of Djémila and Timgad. [3] Among his major architectural works in Algeria were the central railway station and cathedral in Oran, both of which were early works in reinforced concrete built by the firm of Auguste Perret and brothers.