Leptis Magna

Leptis Magna, also spelled Lepcis Magna, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Mediterranean coast of in the region of .
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: ancient city in modern Libya
  • Also known as: “Labdah”, “Lébda”, “Lepcis Magna”, “Mint of Leptis Magna”, and “Ulpia Traiana”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roman amphitheatre of Leptis Magna and Leptis Magna Museum.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Museum
is an archaeological museum located in Khoms, Tripolitania, . It contains evidence of people of different origins that once inhabited the city of leptis magna, including Berber, Punic, Phoenicians and Romans.

Historic building
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is a historic building.

Leptis Magna

Latitude
32.6365° or 32° 38′ 11″ north
Longitude
14.2969° or 14° 17′ 49″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8F4PJ7PW+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 94730271
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­grassland
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tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2215692
Wiki­data ID
Q191504
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Leptis Magna” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Arabic: “لبدة العظمى”
  • Arabic: “لبدة الكبرى”
  • Arabic: “لبدة”
  • Arabic: “لَبْدَة”
  • Arabic: “لبده الكبرى”
  • Arabic: “لبده”
  • Arabic: “لبدى العظمى”
  • Armenian: “Լեպտիս Մագնա”
  • Asturian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Azerbaijani: “Leptis-Maqna”
  • Basque: “Leptis Magna”
  • Belarusian: “Лептыс-Магна”
  • Breton: “Leptis Magna”
  • Bulgarian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Bulgarian: “Лепсис Магна”
  • Bulgarian: “Лептис Магна”
  • Burmese: “လက်ပ်တစ် မက်ဂနာမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Leptis Magna”
  • Chinese: “大莱普提斯”
  • Chinese: “大萊普提斯”
  • Croatian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Czech: “Leptis Magna”
  • Dagbani: “Leptis Magna”
  • Danish: “Leptis Magna”
  • Dutch: “Leptis Magna”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لبتيس ماجنا”
  • Esperanto: “Lepcis Magna”
  • Esperanto: “Leptis Magna”
  • Estonian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Fanti: “Leptis Magna”
  • Farefare: “Leptis Magna”
  • Finnish: “Lepcis Magna”
  • Finnish: “Leptis Magna”
  • French: “Lepcis Magna”
  • French: “Leptis Magna”
  • Galician: “Leptis Magna”
  • Georgian: “ლეპტის მაგნა”
  • Georgian: “ლეპტის-მაგნა”
  • German: “Lepcis Magna”
  • German: “Leptis Magna”
  • Greek: “Λέπτις Μάγκνα”
  • Hebrew: “לפטיס מגנה”
  • Hebrew: “לפקיס מגנה”
  • Hungarian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Icelandic: “Leptis Magna”
  • Indonesian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Irish: “Leptis Magna”
  • Italian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Japanese: “レプティス・マグナ”
  • Japanese: “レプティス・マグナの 考古学遺跡”
  • Japanese: “レプティス・マグナの考古学遺跡”
  • Japanese: “大レプティス”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Leptis Magna”
  • Korean: “렙티스 마그나”
  • Latin: “Lepcis Magna”
  • Latin: “Leptis Magna”
  • Lithuanian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Maithili: “लेप्टिस मग्ना”
  • Malagasy: “Leptis Magna”
  • Maltese: “Lepcis Magna”
  • Maltese: “Leptis Magna”
  • Maltese: “Ulpia Traiana”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ليپسيس ماڭنا”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ليپسيس ماݣنا”
  • Mossi: “Leptis Magna”
  • Nepali: “लेप्टिस मग्ना”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leptis Magna”
  • Norwegian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Leptis Magna”
  • Persian: “لپتیس ماگنا”
  • Persian: “لپتیس مگنا”
  • Polish: “Leptis Magna”
  • Portuguese: “Leptis magna”
  • Portuguese: “Léptis Magna”
  • Portuguese: “Sítio arqueológico de Leptis Magna”
  • Romanian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Russian: “Большой Лептис”
  • Russian: “Лепсис Магна”
  • Russian: “Лепсис-Магна”
  • Russian: “Лептис Магна”
  • Russian: “Лептис-Магна”
  • Scots: “Leptis Magna”
  • Serbian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Serbian: “Лептис Магна”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lepcis Magna”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Sicilian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Slovenian: “Leptis Magna”
  • Spanish: “Lepcis Magna”
  • Spanish: “Leptis Magna”
  • Swahili: “Leptis Magna”
  • Swedish: “Lepcis Magna”
  • Swedish: “Leptis Magna”
  • Tatar: “Лептис-Магна борынгы каласы”
  • Turkish: “Leptis Magna”
  • Twi: “Leptis Magna a wɔfrɛ no Magna”
  • Ukrainian: “Лептіс Великий”
  • Ukrainian: “Лептіс-Магна”
  • Urdu: “لبدہ کبری”
  • Vietnamese: “Leptis Magna”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Leptis Magna”
  • Welsh: “Lepcis Magna”
  • Welsh: “Leptis Magna”

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