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📍 Batna, Algeria🕐 Built: 100 CE
A perfectly preserved Roman colonial town with a grid plan, triumphal arch, and the largest Roman-era library in Africa.
✨ Historical Significance
UNESCO World Heritage, best-preserved Roman grid city.
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A perfectly preserved Roman colonial town with a grid plan, triumphal arch, and the largest Roman-era library in Africa.
UNESCO World Heritage, best-preserved Roman grid city.
A Phoenician-turned-Roman coastal town with ruins overlooking the Mediterranean. Albert Camus wrote about it lovingly.
UNESCO World Heritage, Albert Camus' inspiration.