Tebessa Basilica
Ruins · Algeria
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.409, 8.127
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Roman basilica in Algeria
History
The Tébessa Basilica is a Late Roman archeological site located in the eastern Algerian city of Theveste, which is known today as Tébessa. It is one of the largest remains of Roman basilicas in Northern Africa. It was dedicated to St. Crispina to honor her martyrdom in 305 CE. This basilica was originally thought to have been created as a secular building for the Roman military; it developed into a religious building as new additions were built in the 4th and 5th century.