Lixus
Lixus is an ancient city developed by Phoenicians over a pre-existing Bronze Age settlement, before the city of Carthage. Its distinguishing feature is that it was continuously occupied from antiquity to the Islamic Era, and has ruins dating to the Phoenician, Punic, Mauretanian, Roman and Islamic periods.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (230 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in Morocco
- Also known as“Cite Archeologique Lixus”“Mint of Lixus”“Ruinas de Lichus”“Ruinas de Lixus”“Ruine Romaine de Lixus”“Ruines de Lixus”“Txus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Amphitheater of Lixus.
Amphitheater of Lixus
The Amphitheatre of Lixus was a Roman amphitheater…
210 metres east of Lixus
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Larache and Khemis Sahel.
Khemis Sahel
Village
Khemis Sahel is a town in Larache Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.
7 km northeast of Lixus
Lixus
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Latitude
35.19974° or 35° 11′ 59″ north
Longitude
-6.11094° or 6° 6′ 39″ west
Open location code
8C7M5VXQ+VJ
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lixus” goes by many names.
ليكسوسArabic
ԼիկսուսArmenian
ԼիքսուսArmenian
LixusAsturian
ЛиксусBulgarian
LixusCatalan
利克薩斯古城Chinese
LixusDutch
Lixus (Romeinse ruines)Dutch
ليكسوسEgyptian Arabic
LixusGalician
LixusHausa
Lixus (birni na dā)Hausa
ליקסוסHebrew
LixusHungarian
LixusItalian
リクサスJapanese
LîksûsKurdish
ليكسوسMoroccan Arabic
لیکسوسPersian
LiksusPolish
ЛиксусRussian
LixusSlovenian
LixusSwedish
LixusTurkish
ЛіксUkrainian
لیکسوسUrdu
لیکسوس (قدیم شہر)Urdu
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