Also known as Kyrene, it's on the eastern coast between Benghazi and Derma (the city devastated by the recent floods) and reachable from Tripoli in a bit over four hours by flying to Benghazi, then driving, if you don´t want to spend 12 hours driving the entire way. Before it was conquered by Rome, this was one of the principal cities in the Hellenistic world, founded around 630 BCE; as yet another UNESCO World Heritage Site is famed for ruins including the Temple of Zeus, the Sanctuary of Apollo, a large theatre, a renowned library, a necropolis, and Roman tombs. Just 20 kilometres (a bit over 12 miles) away, you can also see Apollonia, a harbour town which served as Cyrene´s port, with ruins of Roman baths and a small theatre as well as several Byzantine churches; there´s also a museum dedicated to Apollonia in the contemporary town of Susa next door.
Read more in my post 5 Fabulous Sites of Classical Antiquity in Libya.
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