Cherchell Museum and Roman Remains

The first stop today was a visit to Cherchell, a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, 89 km west of Algiers. It was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.
Cherchell dates from the 5th century BC. At that time, Carthage had already taken control of the Phoenicians in the western Mediterranean, and it was one of the more important trading posts in the region. After that, the city has a long history, with the Vandals, coming under Byzantine control, then under Muslim conquest in the late 7th century, and in the following few centuries, the city remained a power center of Arabs and Berbers with a small population of Christians who were fully assimilated by the beginning of the Early Modern period. Today, Cherchell is a popular tourist place in Algeria, with various temples and monuments from the Punic, Numidian, and Roman periods.
Here we went to the National Public Museum, a good collection of Roman artifacts and sculptures, such as Artemis, Apollo, and Hercules.
These sculptures from the royal period (25 BC - 40 AD) are of exceptional quality.
Then we went around the public park overlooking the harbour and up to the small ampthear and remains of the bath house.Read more