Zaghouan
Zaghouan is a town below a mountain south of Tunis, and the Roman temple of the waters stands on the slope above it. The temple is a half circle of columns and niches around the spring that fed Carthage, and the aqueduct that carried the water ran from here across the plain.
- Time to allow
- A short visit
- Region
- The Roman Heartland
Visiting Zaghouan
The temple was built where the spring comes out of the mountain, and it is the best preserved piece of Roman water engineering in the country. A curve of columns stands behind a flight of steps, with niches for statues set around it, and the basin they enclose gathered the water before it entered the channel.
From there the aqueduct crossed the plain toward Carthage, and long runs of its arches still stand in the fields between the two. The town below the temple is a working one with a steep old quarter, and the mountain behind it is the highest ground in sight of the gulf.
What to see
- The Roman temple of the waters
- The spring that fed Carthage
- The arches of the aqueduct out on the plain
- The old quarter below the temple
Along the way in the Roman Heartland
Dougga, Bulla Regia and the inland cities that made Roman Africa rich.
- Le KefOne or two nights
- TestourA short visit
ZaghouanYou are here. A short visit.
- Bulla RegiaHalf a day
- DouggaHalf a day
- Thuburbo MajusHalf a day
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