Maktar

The city of Makthar is located on the road between Le Kef and Kairouan at a attitude of almost 1000meters. The Carthaginian, Vandals, Byzantines all left their mark on this town. But under the Romans the town reach its prosperity in the 2th century. The sight is mostly a classical Roman public space with interesting sights such as an small amphitheatre built in the 2nd century. An Arch dedicated to the empire of Trajan with a Latin inscription. The ruins of the Temple of Apollo. Mactaris museum displaying Roman and Christian gravestones decorated with Latin inscriptions. Grand Thermes Public baths that were built in the 2nd century, and the Byzantines converted into a fortress.