Dear Reader (2025-10-29 – posted simultaneously to FB)
As I mentioned in my last post, today is all about the Roman ruins at Timgad.
“Timgad aka Marciana Traiana Thamugadi, was a Roman city in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The full name of the city was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi. Emperor Trajan named the city in commemoration of his mother Marcia, eldest sister Ulpia Marciana, and father Marcus Ulpius Traianus. (1)”
“Located in modern-day Algeria, about 35 kilometers (22 mi) east of the city of Batna, the ruins are noteworthy for representing one of the best extant examples of the grid plan as used in Roman town planning. Timgad was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. (1)”
Once again it was a treat to have this whole site nearly all to ourselves.
Footnotes
~ (1) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timgad
Notes on Photos
~ 9 – The brothel was at the corner of Timgad’s 2 main avenues.
~ 10 – Entering Timgad
~ 11, 12 – Timgad side of the arch. If I was using my regular camera I would be capturing images in a format (raw) where I have more control over the final look and feel of an image. With my camera phone, the colours and textures sometimes go slightly wonky (12). 11 is a different image of the arch with a different treatment using both Silver Efex and Photoshop.
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