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The Amphitheatre of El Jem called also the Thysdrus Colosseum.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_09.jpg/100px-Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_09.jpg)
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The Amphitheatre of El Jem is an oval roman amphitheatre in the modern-day tunisian city of El Djem.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Eljem_avion.jpg/100px-Eljem_avion.jpg)
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built probably in the third century around 238 AD.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_Jem.jpg/100px-Amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_Jem.jpg)
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It's the best preserved amphitheatre in North Africa.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Amphitheatre_El_Jem%28js%291.jpg/100px-Amphitheatre_El_Jem%28js%291.jpg)
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It is listed by UNESCO since 1979 as a World Heritage Site.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_d%27El_Jem_69.jpg/100px-Amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_d%27El_Jem_69.jpg)
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It's composed of 64 arcades over 3 levels.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_d%27El_Jem_34.jpg/100px-Amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_d%27El_Jem_34.jpg)
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It was probably used for gladiators fights, chariot-racing and other Roman circus games.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_32.jpg/100px-Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_32.jpg)
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The original capacity is estimated to be between 27000 and 30000 places according to the historian Hedi Slim.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Amphitheater_at_El_Djem.jpg/100px-Amphitheater_at_El_Djem.jpg)
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Genrally considered as the third biggest amphitheatre in the roman world.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/El_Djem_Amphitheater_aerial_view.jpg/100px-El_Djem_Amphitheater_aerial_view.jpg)
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It's hosting since 1985 the symphonic music festival of El Jem.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_d%27El_Jem.jpg/100px-Amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_d%27El_Jem.jpg)