🏛️ Cyrene

Libya · Africa · Cultural · 32.83°N, 21.86°E

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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Quick facts

Country	Libya
Continent / region	Africa
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	32.83°N, 21.86°E · view on map

Cyrene is a cultural World Heritage site in Libya, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Cyrene was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Leptis Magna · Ghadames · Archaeological Site of Sabratha · Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus · Old Town of Ghadamès.

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