Qasr Libya
Town in Cyrenaica, Libya
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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 town contains a museum with fifty Byzantine mosaics.[3] It is on the cross-roads between the eastwards Marj–Bayda main road, and the southwards Qasr Libya–Marawa road.
Qasr Libya
قصر ليبيا Gasr Elbia[1] | |
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Town | |
  Qasr Libya Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 32°38′N 21°24′E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Jabal al Akhdar |
| Population (2006)[2] | |
• Total | 4,933 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
