Āthār Ţulmaythah
Āthār Ţulmaythah is a ruin in Al Marj, Libya. Āthār Ţulmaythah is situated nearby to the archaeological site Palazzo delle Colonne, as well as near the village Tolmeita.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palazzo delle Colonne and Ptolemais.
Palazzo delle Colonne
Archaeological site
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The Palazzo delle Colonne is an Hellenistic-style mansion located in Ptolemais, in the Cyrenaica region of Libya. Situated near the city's agora, the site is generally identified as the residence of the city's governor.
Ptolemais
Archaeological site
Photo: Edratzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ptolemais was one of the five cities that formed the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, the others being Cyrene, Euesperides, Tauchira/Teuchira, and Apollonia. Its ruins are at a small village in modern Libya called Tolmeita, after the ancient name. Ptolemais is situated 300 metres west of Āthār Ţulmaythah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tolmeita.
Tolmeita
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tolmeita, Tolmeta or Tolmeitha Arabic: طلميتة is a village in the northern Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya, some 110 km east of Benghazi, near Ad Dirsiyah.
Āthār Ţulmaythah
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Āthār Ţalmīthah”, “Āthār Tilmītah”, “Athar Tulmaythah”, and “Ptolemais”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Al Marj, Libya, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.70923° or 32° 42′ 33″ northLongitude
20.95387° or 20° 57′ 14″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8G42PX53+MGGeoNames ID
81282
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