ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

It is necessary to make speak the stones of this imposing site to measure its importance! In front of us, there are remains of the forum, and of religious and official buildings, the most important of which was the capitol. On the edge extend the vestiges of middle-class dwellings. Of Punic origin, the city of Gigthis was, in the 6th century B.C., part of the territory submitted to Carthage. In the first century, Gigthis was an elaborate city, and then it became a municipe. From then on, it never ceased to flourish and became one of the most prosperous city-countries of the Gulf.