Qasr Libya

Qasr Libya

قصر ليبيا
Gasr Elbia^[1]
Qasr Libya قصر ليبيا Gasr Elbia
Town
Country	Libya
Region	Cyrenaica
District	Jabal al Akhdar

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.^[2] It is on the cross-roads between the eastwards Marj–Bayda main road, and the southwards Qasr Libya–Marawa road.

Notes

^ Stucchi, Sandro (1975) Architettura Cirenaica L'erma di Bretschneider, Rome, p. 358, p. 381, OCLC 2099264
^ Azema, James (2000). "East of Barce". Libya Handbook: The Travel Guide p. 163, Footprint Travel Guides, Bath, England, ISBN 1-900949-77-6.

External links

Livius.org: Theodorias (Qasr Libya)

32°38′N 21°24′E / 32.633°N 21.400°E / 32.633; 21.400

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[1] Stucchi, Sandro (1975) Architettura Cirenaica L'erma di Bretschneider, Rome, p. 358, p. 381, OCLC 2099264

[2] 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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v t e District of Jabal al Akhdar, Libya
Capital	Bayda
Towns and villages	Al Gihad Al Hamamah Al Khadra Al Khuimat Ahqaf al Jabbarat Ahqaf al Ruzat Aqfanta Bil Hadid Jardas Jerrari Faydiya Haniya Safsaf Taban Mansura Marawa Massa Qandula Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtar Qirnada Shahhat Slonta Susa Zawiyat al ‘Urqub Qasr Libya Sayyid Abdulwaḥd Wardama