UNESCO WHCCulturalInscribed 1982
Archaeological Site of Cyrene
This site is inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
Overview
A colony of the Greeks of Thera, Cyrene was one of the principal cities in the Hellenic world. It was Romanized and remained a great capital until the earthquake of 365. A thousand years of history is written into its ruins, which have been famous since the 18th century.
About Archaeological Site of Cyrene
Cyrene, also sometimes anglicized as Kyrene, was an ancient Greek colony and Roman city near present-day Shahhat in northeastern Libya in North Africa. It was part of the Pentapolis, an important group of five cities in the region, and gave the area its classical and early modern name Cyrenaica.
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Components(1 location)
Details
- Countries
- Libya
- ISO Codes
- LY
- Area
- 131.675 ha
- Coordinates
- 32.8250, 21.8583
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