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Photo: Alioueche Mokhtar, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
This very picturesque former Roman town is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is possible to walk amongst the ruins and take a close look at the structures. However, there are no signs at the site, so a map or guide will be helpful. Under the name "Cuicul", Djémila was built 900 metres above sea level during the 1st century AD as a Roman military garrison on a narrow triangular plateau in the province of Numidia. Cuicul's builders followed a standard plan with a forum at the center and two main streets, the Cardo Maximus and the Decumanus Maximus, composing the major axes.
Djémila, formerly Cuicul, is a small mountain village in Algeria, near the northern coast east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Roman ruins in North Africa are found. It is in the region bordering the Constantinois and Petite Kabylie.
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The ruins of Sitifis' U-shaped Roman circus have now mostly been built over; only the southern curved end remains visible.
Its west and south walls are still visible.
The fountain is decorated with sculptures by the French sculptor Francis de Saint-Vidal, and was inaugurated in 1899.