REMAINS OF THE WAREHOUSES OF THE PORT OF THE EASTERN MOLE

From the Curia, go along a caged barrier surrounding the remains of the Punic town uncovered during excavations, then take a small path to the right and continue about 150 m. One can also go northeast to the location of the Western pier warehouses. Little spectacular and distant, to visit only by those who have all their time. At the time of carthaginian, the mouth of the wadiLebda provided a natural shelter to the ships, which was partially installed under Nero. But it was under the reign of Septime Harsh that the port was actually highlighted, by diversion east of the natural course of the Wadi, originally located at the location of the Columns and which charriait charriait responsible for a regular silting of the estuary.

The port, with a circumference of 1 200 m, with its 800 m of docks and the possibilities of anchorages outside the perimeter of the Périmètre Oriental Pier now submerged, represented the third harbour of the Roman world, after Ostia and Carthage. The harbour is now sleeping under the alluvial Du Wadi Wadi, but it is still possible to distinguish certain remnants of harbour facilities, such as the base of the lighthouse at the western pier or the wharf limestone blocks.