Western archeological site, Tipaza Prefecture, Algeria. The Cardo Maximus, or most often the Cardo, was the main north–south-oriented street in Ancient Roman cities. From Unesco World Heritage website https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/193/ : On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa was an ancient Punic trading-post conquered by Rome and turned into a strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman, palaeochristian and Byzantine ruins alongside indigenous monuments such as the Kbor er Roumia, the great royal mausoleum of Mauretania.