The Roman villas of Carrthage is a district that brings together the largest number of remains of patrician dwellings unearthed in the ancient metropolis. If the outline, very clear and underlined by the powerful line of a portion of cobbled street, gives a precise idea of the topographic layout of a Roman city, the remaining vestiges give only a vague idea of the approval and of the luxury of these residences which sloped gently down to the seaside.
A house, called “the villa of the aviary”, the best preserved on the site, has been restored to give us a Roman interior from Africa: rooms preceded by a courtyard supported by columns around a central courtyard decorated with a garden and paved with mosaics. From the terrace, there is a superb view over the bay of Tunis.
Situation: Tunisia / Carthage
To See:
– the Malga cisterns – the amphitheater – the circus – the Damous Carita basilica – the Antonine baths – theater – the so-called Odéon district
Opening time: – From 16/09 to 31/05: 08.30 – 17.00 – From 01/06 to 15/09: 08:00 – 18:00