Djebel-Trozza is a

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in the

Forest of Aala A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

, due east of

Al Qayrawan Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( ar, ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, al-Qayrawān , aeb, script=Latn, Qeirwān ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by th ...

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Djebel Trozza
is located at 35° 33' 51" N and 9° 35' 35" EDjebel Trozza: Tunisia
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA . and there is an abandoned

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on the mountain, and

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

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are identified as the remains of

Tarasa in Byzacena Djebel-Trozza is a mountain in the Forest of Aala, due east of Al Qayrawan, TunisiaDjebel Trozzais located at 35° 33' 51" N and 9° 35' 35" E

References

{{coord, 35, 33, N, 9, 35, E, display=title, region:TN_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa Roman towns and cities in Tunisia