UNESCO World Heritage Site

Archaeological Site of Sabratha

Archaeological Site of Sabratha is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Libya, inscribed in 1982.

A Phoenician trading-post that served as an outlet for the products of the African hinterland, Sabratha was part of the short-lived Numidian Kingdom of Massinissa before being Romanized and rebuilt in the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D.

A Phoenician trading-post that served as an outlet for the products of the African hinterland, Sabratha was part of the short-lived Numidian Kingdom of Massinissa before being Romanized and rebuilt in the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D.

Country
Libya
Region
Asia
Category
Cultural
Inscribed
1982
UNESCO reference
184
Area
90.534 ha

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