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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amffitheatr_El_Jem" title="Amffitheatr El Jem – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Amffitheatr El Jem" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitheater_von_El_Djem" title="Amphitheater von El Djem – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Amphitheater von El Djem" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BC%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CE%BB_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B5%CE%BC" title="Αμφιθέατρο της Ελ Τζεμ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αμφιθέατρο της Ελ Τζεμ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anfiteatro_de_El_Djem" title="Anfiteatro de El Djem – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anfiteatro de El Djem" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%81%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85" title="آمفی‌تئاتر الجم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آمفی‌تئاتر الجم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr 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data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%AC_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D5%B4%D6%86%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Էլ Ջեմի ամֆիթատրոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էլ Ջեմի ամֆիթատրոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfiteatar_u_El_D%C5%BEemu" title="Amfiteatar u El Džemu – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Amfiteatar u El Džemu" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfiteater_El_Jem" title="Amfiteater El Jem – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Amfiteater El Jem" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anfiteatro_romano_di_El_Jem" title="Anfiteatro romano di El Jem – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Anfiteatro romano di El Jem" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%90%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%92%27%D7%9D" title="האמפיתיאטרון באל ג'ם – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האמפיתיאטרון באל ג'ם" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitheater_vun_El_Jem" title="Amphitheater vun El Jem – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Amphitheater vun El Jem" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%9F%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Елџемски амфитеатар – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Елџемски амфитеатар" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%93%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%82" title="ആംഫിതിയേറ്റർ ഓഫ് എൽ ജെം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ആംഫിതിയേറ്റർ ഓഫ് എൽ ജെം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anfiteatru_ta%27_El_Jem" title="Anfiteatru ta' El Jem – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Anfiteatru ta' El Jem" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perani_El_Djem" title="Perani El Djem – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Perani El Djem" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BA%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9F%E1%80%AC%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%87%E1%80%AC%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B6" title="အယ်လ်ဂျမ် လေဟာပြင် ပြဇာတ်ရုံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အယ်လ်ဂျမ် လေဟာပြင် ပြဇာတ်ရုံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfitheater_van_El_Djem" title="Amfitheater van El Djem – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Amfitheater van El Djem" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfiteateret_i_El_Jem" title="Amfiteateret i El Jem – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Amfiteateret i El Jem" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfiteatr_w_Al-D%C5%BCamm" title="Amfiteatr w Al-Dżamm – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Amfiteatr w Al-Dżamm" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anfiteatro_de_El_Jem" title="Anfiteatro de El Jem – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Anfiteatro de El Jem" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%B2_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5" title="Амфитеатр в Эль-Джеме – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Амфитеатр в Эль-Джеме" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfiteatar_u_El_D%C5%BEemu" title="Amfiteatar u El Džemu – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Amfiteatar u El Džemu" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfiteatar_u_El_D%C5%BEemu" title="Amfiteatar u El Džemu – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Amfiteatar u El Džemu" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Jemin_amfiteatteri" title="El Jemin amfiteatteri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="El Jemin amfiteatteri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfiteatern_i_El_Jem" title="Amfiteatern i El Jem – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Amfiteatern i El Jem" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cem_Amfitiyatrosu" title="El Cem Amfitiyatrosu – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="El Cem Amfitiyatrosu" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D1%84%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%B2_%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%96" title="Амфітеатр в Ель-Джемі – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Амфітеатр в Ель-Джемі" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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fn org" style="padding:0.2em;background:#0177d3;font-size:100%;"><a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Site"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #ffffff; text-decoration: inherit;">UNESCO World Heritage Site</span></a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-top:1px #aaa solid;padding-top:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Anfiteatro,_El_Jem,_T%C3%BAnez,_2016-09-04,_DD_55-66_HDR_PAN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_55-66_HDR_PAN.jpg/260px-Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_55-66_HDR_PAN.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="96" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">Criteria</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Cultural: (iv), (vi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/38bis">38bis</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Inscription</th><td class="infobox-data">1979 (3rd <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">Session</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Extensions</th><td class="infobox-data">2010</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data category">1.37 ha (0.0053 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Buffer zone</th><td class="infobox-data category">26.42 ha (0.1020 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"><div style="line-height:1.2em;">Location of Amphitheatre of El Jem in Tunisia</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Amphitheatre of El Jem</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">قصر الجم</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Qaṣr al-Jamm</i></span>) is an oval <a href="/wiki/Roman_amphitheatre" title="Roman amphitheatre">amphitheatre</a> in the modern-day city of <a href="/wiki/El_Djem" title="El Djem">El Djem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>, formerly <a href="/wiki/Thysdrus" title="Thysdrus">Thysdrus</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Africa_(Roman_province)" title="Africa (Roman province)">Roman province of Africa</a>. It is listed by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> since 1979 as a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amphitheatre_of_El_Jem&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The amphitheatre was built around 238 AD in <a href="/wiki/Thysdrus" title="Thysdrus">Thysdrus</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_province" title="Roman province">Roman province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Africa_(Roman_province)" title="Africa (Roman province)">Africa Proconsularis</a> in present-day El Djem, Tunisia. It is one of the best preserved <a href="/wiki/Roman_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman architecture">Roman stone ruins</a> in the world, and is unique in Africa. As other amphitheatres in the Roman Empire, it was built for spectator events, and it is one of the biggest amphitheatres in the world. The estimated capacity is 35,000, and the sizes of the big and the small axes are respectively 148 metres (486 ft) and 122 metres (400 ft). The amphitheatre is built of stone blocks, located on a flat ground, and is exceptionally well conserved.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The amphitheatre of El Jem is the third amphitheatre built on the same place. The belief is that it was constructed by the local <a href="/wiki/Proconsul" title="Proconsul">proconsul</a> Gordian, who became emperor as <a href="/wiki/Gordian_II" title="Gordian II">Gordian II</a>. In the Middle Ages, it served as a fortress, and the population sought shelter here during the attacks of <a href="/wiki/Vandals" title="Vandals">Vandals</a> in 430 and Arabs in 647. In 1695, during the <a href="/wiki/Revolutions_of_Tunis" title="Revolutions of Tunis">Revolutions of Tunis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Bey_El_Mouradi" title="Mohamed Bey El Mouradi">Mohamed Bey El Mouradi</a> made an opening in one of the walls to stop the resistance of the followers of his brother Ali Bey al-Muradi who gathered inside the amphitheater.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is believed that the amphitheatre was used as a <a href="/wiki/Niter" title="Niter">saltpetre</a> manufacture in the end of the 18th and in the 19th century. Around 1850, the breach in the wall was enlarged by <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_I_ibn_Mustafa" title="Ahmad I ibn Mustafa">Ahmad I ibn Mustafa</a> to approximately 30 metres (98 ft). In the second half of the 19th century, the structure was used for shops, dwellings, and grain storage.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_in_popular_culture">References in popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amphitheatre_of_El_Jem&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References in popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was featured in films such as<i> <a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian" title="Monty Python's Life of Brian">Monty Python's Life of Brian</a></i> and the television travel series <i><a href="/wiki/Long_Way_Down" title="Long Way Down">Long Way Down</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-Tripadvisor_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tripadvisor-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>American sportswear company <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> used this location in 1996 to shoot a television commercial titled "Good vs Evil", which depicts a gladiatorial-style soccer game set in a <a href="/wiki/Roman_amphitheatre" title="Roman amphitheatre">Roman amphitheatre</a>. Football players from around the world, including <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Eric Cantona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)">Ronaldo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Maldini" title="Paolo Maldini">Paolo Maldini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo" title="Luís Figo">Luís Figo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kluivert" title="Patrick Kluivert">Patrick Kluivert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Campos" title="Jorge Campos">Jorge Campos</a> defend "<a href="/wiki/The_Beautiful_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="The Beautiful Game">the beautiful game</a>" against a team of unsportsmanlike demonic warriors, which ends with Cantona receiving the ball from Ronaldo, <a href="/wiki/Upturned_collar" title="Upturned collar">pulling up his shirt collar</a> as was his trademark, and delivering the final line, "Au Revoir", before striking the ball which punches right through the demon goalkeeper.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The fourth episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_1" title="The Amazing Race 1">The Amazing Race 1</a></i> concluded at the amphitheatre.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amphitheatre_of_El_Jem&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 193.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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257.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:El_Djem_Amphitheater_aerial_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial view (1986)"><img alt="Aerial view (1986)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/El_Djem_Amphitheater_aerial_view.jpg/383px-El_Djem_Amphitheater_aerial_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="256" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/El_Djem_Amphitheater_aerial_view.jpg/574px-El_Djem_Amphitheater_aerial_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/El_Djem_Amphitheater_aerial_view.jpg/766px-El_Djem_Amphitheater_aerial_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3107" data-file-height="1705" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Aerial view (1986)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 257.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anfiteatro,_El_Jem,_T%C3%BAnez,_2016-09-04,_DD_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Exterior"><img alt="Exterior" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_09.jpg/383px-Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="256" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_09.jpg/574px-Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_09.jpg/765px-Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6073" data-file-height="3337" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Exterior</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 223.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 221.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vue_d%27ensemble_de_l%27amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cavea"><img alt="Cavea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vue_d%27ensemble_de_l%27amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre.jpg/332px-Vue_d%27ensemble_de_l%27amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre.jpg" decoding="async" width="222" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vue_d%27ensemble_de_l%27amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre.jpg/498px-Vue_d%27ensemble_de_l%27amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vue_d%27ensemble_de_l%27amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre.jpg/664px-Vue_d%27ensemble_de_l%27amphith%C3%A9%C3%A2tre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4898" data-file-height="3100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Cavea" title="Cavea">Cavea</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 212px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px;"><span 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data-file-height="2905" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Closing concert of the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Festival_international_de_musique_symphonique_d%27El_Jem" title="Festival international de musique symphonique d'El Jem">Festival international de musique symphonique d'El Jem</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amphitheatre_of_El_Jem&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 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