Colonnaded Palace, Ptolemais
Colonnaded Palace, Ptolemais is an archaeological site in Marj District, Libya. Colonnaded Palace, Ptolemais is situated nearby to the ruins Baptistery, as well as near the archaeological site Odeon in Ptolemais.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Government building/palace/basilica; Domestic building/villa/house in Libya
- Also known as: “Colonnaded Palace”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ptolemais.
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 180 metres south of Colonnaded Palace, Ptolemais.
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.
Colonnaded Palace, Ptolemais
- Categories: domus, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Marj District, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
32.70875° or 32° 42′ 32″ northLongitude
20.95417° or 20° 57′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8G42PX53+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 313447743OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q28671588
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In Other Languages
“Colonnaded Palace, Ptolemais” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Palazzo delle colonne”
- Italian: “Palazzo delle Colonne”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Baptistery and الحمامات.
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