Semicircular colonnade
With statue niches.
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A Roman temple on the slopes of Jebel Zaghouan, built in the second century AD at the spring where the great aqueduct to Carthage began. It was a ceremonial fountain honouring water, where the spring gathered before setting off on its long journey. The temple is a semicircular colonnade with niches that once held statues, wrapped around a terrace with a crescent-shaped basin and a small shrine at its head. From here the aqueduct carried water more than a hundred kilometres over mountains and plains to Carthage, one of the longest aqueducts in the Roman world. Large stretches of the aqueduct still stand along the road between Zaghouan and Tunis, with tall arches at Mohammedia and Oudhna. Today the temple is surrounded by a small wood and walking paths on the mountainside. It is a quiet, lovely place for a walk, especially in spring. Zaghouan itself is a pleasant small town, and you can combine the visit with the aqueduct arches on the way from Tunis.
With statue niches.
At the spring.
On the road to Tunis.
Slopes of Jebel Zaghouan, about 2 km from Zaghouan town and 60 km south of Tunis
It stood at the spring where the long Roman aqueduct carrying water to Carthage began.