olie coastal town located 68 kilometers west of Algiers, Tipaza houses the remains of an ancient Roman city. Founded by the Phoenicians, it passed to the Romans in the second century AD, and is expanding westward at the expense of an ancient Punic necropolis before being destroyed in the year 430 by the Vandals led by Gaiseric .
Tipaza is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982 The first excavations were conducted in 1895 site.
Located on the coast at the foot of Mount Chenoua at the end of the hills of the Sahel, Tipaza has the charm that gives the proximity of the mountains and the sea. Thus, one can visit the Roman ruins in a beautiful setting
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