Archaeological Site of Cyrene

World Heritage

Libya

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Cyrene was a Greek colony on the island of Thera and one of the major cities of the Greek world. It was Romanized and was a great capital until an earthquake in 365. Its ruins, which record a thousand years of history, have been famous since the 18th century.

# Archaeological sites

# Thousands of years of history

The ruins of Cyrene

The Temple of Zeus

The Tomb of Battus

Apollo Kitharoidos from Cyrene. Roman statue from the second century AD now in the British Museum

The Temple of Apollo

Marble bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius. 138–161 AD. From the house of Jason Magnus at Cyrene, modern-...

The Temple of Zeus, Cyrene

The Cyrene bronze head in the British Museum (300 BC)

Magas as king of Cyrene, circa 282,75 to 261 BC

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Information extracted from Wikidata

topic's main category	Category:Cyrene
Commons gallery	Cyrene
described by source	Amsterdam
category of associated people	Category:Deaths in Hallstatt
area	131.675
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
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image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CireneTermeTraiano.jpg
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executive body	Cyrene
location of creation	Cyrene
KulturNav-ID	2454
IPA transcription	2066465
visitors per year	04591b
floruit	Cirène+(Libia)
topographic prominence	11928
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0lrkg
Commons category	Cyrene
inception	-0629-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(21.85 32.816666666)
start time	2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

described by source	The Nuttall Encyclopædia
stated as	Cyre`ne
start time	1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	موقع شحات (قورينة) الأثري
official name	Archaeological Site of Cyrene
official name	Sitio arqueológico de Cirene
official name	Site archéologique de Cyrène
official name	クーリナの古代遺跡
official name	Archeologische stad Cyrene
official name	Археологические памятники Кирены
official name	昔兰尼考古遗址
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)