Qasr Libya
Qasr Libya
قصر ليبيا Gasr Elbia[1] | |
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  Qasr Libya Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 32°38′N 21°24′E / 32.633°N 21.400°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Jabal al Akhdar |
| Population (2006)[2] | |
• Total | 4,933 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
Qasr Libya or Qasr Lebia (Arabic: قصر ليبيا, lit. 'Lebia Castle', Lebia/Libya being a corruption of the ancient name Olbia) is a small town in northern Libya about 66 kilometres (41 mi) northwest of Bayda. In ancient times, it was a Roman / Byzantine town called Olbia and Theodorias, the ruins of which were excavated in the 1950s. The town contains a museum with fifty Byzantine mosaics.[3] It is on the cross-roads between the eastwards Marj–Bayda main road, and the southwards Qasr Libya–Marawa road.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Stucchi, Sandro (1975) Architettura Cirenaica L'erma di Bretschneider, Rome, p. 358, p. 381, OCLC 2099264
- ↑ Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 121.
- ↑ Azema, James (2000). "East of Barce". Libya Handbook: The Travel Guide p. 163, Footprint Travel Guides, Bath, England, ISBN 1-900949-77-6.
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