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| Architect | unknown |
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| Location | Algeria map | |
| Date | 100 timeline | |
| Building Type | city | |
| Construction System | cut stone bearing masonry | |
| Climate | mediterranean | |
| Context | in Aures mountains | |
| Style | Ancient Roman, Corinthian | |
| Notes | Roman colonial city founded by Trajan. 40' high Arch of Trajan. | |
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| Discussion | City of Timgad Commentary
"The walled but unfortified city was laid out in the usual rigid Roman grid pattern. The extensive forum occupies the lower center, with the 3,500-seat open-air theater adjacent, while four major baths, a library, and the Capitoline Temple constitute the other key buildings. Substantial houses and shops filled most of the blocks inside the walled core; the extensive but casually laid-out 'suburbs' outside accommodated the rest of the population." — G. E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. p30. | |
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Sources on City of Timgad
Georges Gromort. Historire Abregee de L'Architecture en Grece et a Rome. Paris: Vincent, Freal and Cie, Editeurs, MCMXLVII. NA260.G7. elevation drawing of arch, f119, p215. G. E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3556-2. LC 90-30728. NA200.S57 1990. discussion p30. photo of street to Arch, p30, columns, 31. — Available at Amazon.com Henri Stierlin. Comprendre l'Architecture Universelle 1. Paris: Office du Livre S.A. Fribourg (Suisse), 1977. plan drawing, p77. no image credit. Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
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