Gigthi

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rdf:langString Gigthi was a town in the late Roman province of Tripolitania, which became a residential episcopal see. It corresponded to present-day Djorf-Bou-Ghara. Gigthi is today identified as extensive ruins near , Boughrara and .(Latitude: 33°31'59.98" Longitude:10°40'0.01") Gigthi was close to Wādī Bertema and Port de Boughrara. The town was 10 meters above sea level Gigthi identified with Bou Ghara, was connected by a causeway to Djerba island and the home of the pre Roman Lotus-eaters. The town has remains of a forum with temples a monumental arch, treasury and porticoed street leading to the harbor north of the city, which was probably a market. It also boasted two bath houses. The town was a prosperous source of grain from the rule of Nerva to Caracalla, and Antoninus Pius made the town a municipium. Inscriptions from the ruins show the survival of the Punic language well into Roman times, and strong sense of civic pride in the citizens. * Temple of Mercure * Temple of Asclepius * The Grand Temple * Port boughrara. * Githis in 1975.