Qasr Libya or Qasr Lebia (Arabic: قصر ليبيا, lit. 'Lebia Castle', Lebia/Libya being a corruption of the ancient name Olbia) is a small town in northern Libya about 66 kilometres (41 mi) northwest of Bayda. In ancient times, it was a Roman / Byzantine town called Olbia and Theodorias, the ruins of which were excavated in the 1950s.

The location's modern name is Qasr Libya, after the Islamic period castle (qasr) on the site and Libya or Lebia as a corruption of the ancient name Olbia.

2020年8月18日 · Theodorias (modern Qasr Libya): Byzantine city in the Cyrenaica, (re)founded in 539 CE by the emperor Justinian. Two churches have been identified; the floor mosaics in the eastern basilica are among the greatest artistic treasures of Libya.

2020年10月12日 · Theodorias (modern Qasr Libya): Byzantine city in the Cyrenaica, (re)founded in 539 CE by the emperor Justinian. Two churches have been identified; the floor mosaics in the eastern basilica are among the greatest artistic treasures of Libya.

Small museum (one room) with the Byzantine mosaics from Theodorias ' East Church. This museum was visited in 2006, 2008. This page was last modified on 6 August 2020. Home » Museums » Qasr Libya, Museum.

Qasr Abu Hadi (Arabic: قصر ابو هادي, romanized: Qaṣr Abū Hādī) is a village with an estimated 4,890 inhabitants in the Sirte District of Libya. [1] It is 2 km east of the Gardabya Airport and 20 km south of Sirte. Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claimed to have been born in a goat-hair tent near the village on 7 June 1942. [2]

Qasr Libya is located about 50 miles to the west of Cyrene, and about 80 kilometres west of Al Beida. The city has a small but fantastic museum with most extraordinary collections of Byzantine mosaics that you will find in North Africa.

Qasr Libya is mainly known for its 6th century Byzantine church, with a stunning mosaic floor panels, widely viewed as some of the world's finest examples. The theme is mainly mythical representation of the various spiritual beings of the pre-Roman era, as well as those of Christian symbolism, strongly indicating a time when both Paganism and ...

Qasr, Gasr ro Gaser Libya Museum, in Eastern Libya, houses a unique collection of mosaic panels, depicting life in ancient Cyrenaica.

Qasr Libya or Theodoureas is a small town in northern Libya about 66 kilometres northwest of Bayda. In ancient times, it was called Olbia and Theodorias, the ruins of which were excavated in the 1950s. The town contains a museum with fifty Byzantine mosaics.