Title

The La Malga cisterns at Carthage, Tunisia. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

The La Malga cisterns at Carthage, Tunisia. The La Malga cisterns were built by the Romans to store water brought from the Zaghouan hills in an aqueduct 132km/82mi long. Only 15 of the original 24 cisterns are now left, each 95m/312ft long, 12.5m/41ft wide and 11.50m/38ft high.

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal

Reference

HRM19D73_313

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (2,9Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5129 x 3419 (300dpi)

Keywords

city Africa building buildings hygiene health architecture mountain mountains country continent geography color colour African ruins archaeology ruin Greece location photograph cistern Carthage Tunisia Tunisian Tunis ruined archeology water supply Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Ancient city ancient site geographical feature Punic TGN photograph Jebel Zaghwan Zaghouan Jebel Zaghouan Zaghwan Sites & Photos Samuel Magal La Malga cisterns Magal Samuel photograph