Carthage
The ruins of Carthage are in Tunisia, 15 km north of Tunis. View over the ruins to the Mediterranean coast…Photo: Saratanit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Baths of Antoninus
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Baths of Antoninus or Baths of Carthage, located in Carthage, Tunisia, are the largest set of Roman thermae built on the African continent and one of three largest built in the Roman Empire.
Acropolium of Carthage
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The Acropolium, also known as Saint Louis Cathedral, is a former Roman Catholic church located in Carthage, Tunisia.
Carthage amphitheatre
Photo: Neil Rickards, CC BY 2.0.
The Carthage Amphitheatre was a Roman amphitheatre constructed in the first century CE in the city of Carthage, Tunisia, which was rebuilt by Dictator Julius Caesar and became the capital of Africa Proconsularis.
Localities in the Area
La Marsa
Photo: Youssefbensaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Marsa La Marsa is a coastal city located in the northeastern part of Tunisia, situated along the Mediterranean Sea.
Sidi Bou Said
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sidi Bou Said is a village in Tunisia. Entrance to the topA door in Sidi Bou SaidThe best time…
La Goulette
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
La Goulette is located at the Mediterranean coast, some 10 km east of downtown Tunis.
Carthage
- Type: Ruin
- Description: historical city in Tunisia
- Categories: city-state, ancient city, emporia, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Carthage Byrsa, Carthage, Tunis Governorate, Northern Tunisia, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.8531° or 36° 51' 11" northLongitude
10.3231° or 10° 19' 23" eastElevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open Location Code
8F8GV83F+66GeoNames ID
2468244Wikidata ID
Q6343Carthage Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Kartago
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Καρχηδών
- Arabic: Cartago
- Arabic: قرطاج
- Arabic: قرطاجة
- Armenian: Կարթագեն
- Armenian: Կարթագէն
- Asturian: Cartago
- Azerbaijani: Karfagen
- Bambara: Kartaje
- Basque: Kartago
- Belarusian: Картаген
- Belarusian: Карфаген
- Bosnian: Kartaga
- Bosnian: Kartago
- Breton: Kartada
- Breton: Kartago
- Bulgarian: Картаген
- Burmese: ကားသေ့နိုင်ငံ
- Burmese: ကားသေ့မြို့
- Catalan: Cartago
- Catalan: Lloc arqueològic de Cartago
- Cebuano: Kartago
- Chinese: Carthago
- Chinese: 迦太基
- Chinese: 迦太基市
- Croatian: Kartaga
- Czech: Kartágo
- Danish: Kartago
- Danish: Karthago
- Dutch: Carthago
- Egyptian Arabic: قرطاجه
- Esperanto: Kartago
- Estonian: Kartaago
- Faroese: Karthago
- Finnish: Karthago
- French: Carthage
- Galician: Cartago
- Georgian: კართაგენი
- German: Karthago
- Greek: Καρχηδόνα
- Greek: Καρχηδών
- Hebrew: קרתגו
- Hebrew: קרת חדשה
- Hebrew: קרתחדשת
- Hebrew: קרת חדשת
- Hindi: कार्थेज
- Hungarian: Karthágó
- Icelandic: Karþagó
- Ido: Kartago
- Indonesian: Kartago
- Indonesian: Qart Hadast
- Irish: An Chartaig
- Italian: Cartagine
- Japanese: カルタゲ
- Japanese: カルタゴ
- Javanese: Kartago
- Kabyle: Qarṭaj
- Kazakh: Карфаген
- Kirghiz: Карфаген
- Korean: 카르타고
- Kurdish: Kartaca
- Ladino: Kartago
- Latin: Carthago
- Latin: Carthāgō
- Latin: Karthago
- Latvian: Kartāga
- Lingua Franca Nova: Cartago
- Literary Chinese: 迦太基
- Lithuanian: Kartagina
- Low German: Karthago
- Luxembourgish: Karthago
- Macedonian: Картагина
- Malagasy: Carthage
- Malay: Carthage
- Malayalam: കാർത്തേജ്
- Maltese: Kartaġiniżi
- Maltese: Kartaġni
- Min Dong Chinese: Carthago
- Min Nan Chinese: Carthago
- Mingrelian: კართაგენი
- Moroccan Arabic: قرطاج
- Neapolitan: Cartagene
- Neapolitan: Cartagine
- Norwegian: Kartago
- Norwegian: Karthago
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kartago
- Norwegian Bokmål: Karthago
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kartago
- Occitan (post 1500): Cartage
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܩܪܬܐܓܘ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Cartaina
- Persian: کارتاژ
- Polish: Kartagina
- Portuguese: Cartago
- Pushto: کارتاژ
- Romanian: Cartagina
- Russian: Картаж
- Russian: Карфаген (город)
- Russian: Карфаген
- Saraiki: قرطاجنہ
- Sardinian: Cartàgine
- Scots: Carthage
- Serbian: Картагина
- Serbo-Croatian: Kartaga
- Sicilian: Cartàggini
- Slovak: Kartágo
- Slovenian: Kartagina
- South Azerbaijani: کارتاژ
- Spanish: Cartago
- Swahili: Karthago
- Swedish: Karthago
- Swiss German: Karthago
- Tagalog: Kartago
- Tamil: கர்த்தாஜ்
- Tamil: கார்த்திஜ்
- Tatar: Картаҗ
- Thai: คาร์เธจ
- Tibetan: ཅ་ཐའེ་ཅི།
- Tosk Albanian: Karthago
- Turkish: Kartaca
- Tyap: Ka̱ri̱tago
- Ukrainian: Карфаген (місто)
- Ukrainian: Карфаген
- Urdu: قرطاجنہ
- Uzbek: Karfagen
- Venetian: Cartàxene
- Venetian: Cartàzene
- Vietnamese: Carthage
- Vietnamese: Carthago
- Waray (Philippines): Cartago
- Welsh: Carthago
- Western Armenian: Կարթագէն
- Western Frisian: Kartago
- Wu Chinese: 迦太基
- Yue Chinese: 迦太基
- Karchaedon
- Karchēdon
- Karthada
- Kirjath-Hadeshath
- Qarţājannah
Other Places Named Carthage
In the Area
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- Le KramTown
- EnnassimSuburb
- AmilcarSuburb
- Hay Al MalaabSuburb
- Hay EttabekSuburb
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Carthage. Photo: Saratanit, CC BY-SA 3.0.