Sbeitla

It is a city located in the center of Tunisia, in the heart of the high plateaus, between steppe deserts. It has great importance due to the ruins of an important Roman city that later became the Byzantine capital. It is also known as Sufétula. The oldest finds in the area consist of megaliths and Punic funerary steles. The Arabs abandoned the city to its fate and the population mostly moved to the new Arab town of Sbeitla and the new capital of Kairouan. Excavations of the ancient city began in the late 19th century during the French protectorate of Tunisia. The temples of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva are worth noting because they were built separately. The Byzantines took advantage of the bases of buildings built by the Romans to build their own. Among many other things, you can see a very well preserved baptistery.