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Alfred Louis Delattre (26 June 1850 – 12 January 1932), also known as Révérend Père Delattre, was a French archaeologist, born at Déville-lès-Rouen. [1] Delattre made substantial discoveries in the ruins of ancient Carthage including an ancient Necropolis .
Exterior of the Carthage National Museum. The museum was founded in 1875 by the White Fathers of Cardinal Charles Martial Lavigerie in the premises of the Chapelle Saint-Louis de Carthage as the "Musée Saint-Louis", in order to house the finds from the excavations of Alfred Louis Delattre. [1] Its name from 1899-1956 was the Museum Lavigerie.
St Louis Cathedral was built on Byrsa Hill starting in 1884, atop an ancient temple. Today, it serves as a cultural centre. [2] Byrsa Hill itself is part of the archaeological site of Carthage. In addition to a cathedral monument, the Carthage National Museum was erected atop it.
Ancient Carthaginian stone stelae dedicated to Tanit in the Carthage tophet. Modern archaeology in formerly Punic areas has discovered a number of large cemeteries for children and infants, representing a civic and religious institution for worship and sacrifice; these sites are called the tophet by
The Danish consul, Christian Tuxen Falbe, conducted the first examination of the archaeological site in 1830. Charles Ernest Beulé and Alfred Louis Delattre carried out excavations in the second half of the 19th century. Cardinal Charles Lavigerie established the Carthage National Museum in 1875.
Cassill Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.The district encompasses eight contributing buildings in an exclusively residential section Carthage.
The Chapelle Saint-Louis de Carthage was a Roman Catholic church located in Carthage, Tunisia. It was built between 1840 and 1841 on land donated by the Bey of Tunis to the King of France in 1830. The chapel was located atop Byrsa Hill, at the heart of the Archaeological Site of Carthage , until it was destroyed in 1950.
The Acropolium, also known as Saint Louis Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Carthage), is a former Roman Catholic church located in Carthage, Tunisia. The cathedral sits on the peak of Byrsa Hill, near the ruins of the ancient Punic and then Roman city. It was built atop the ruins of an old temple dedicated to Eshmun, the Punic god ...