This archeological city is situated in the coastal band to the west of Tripoli, far for about one hour trip, this city was founded by the Phoenicians by the beginning of the First Thousand before Christ, being one of the Three cities (Sebratha - Oea - Leptis), its vestiges are referred back to the first and second centuries from the establishment of the Roman empire that could dominate the city after a violent resistance from the Libyans, the Bonician temples and the Basilica or the municipal counsel were re-constructed.
Its main vestiges are: the Bonician tomb in the residential quarter extending to the south of the Byzantine wall, the public buildings such as the market, the court and some temples from the Phoenician age, the public squares, Liberibleter, Sirapus and Heracles temples as well as the theatre, the court square, the public baths from the Roman age, the external wall and Justinien Byzantine church famous with its beautiful ornaments that are now exposed in Sebratha museum, the archeological region has now a museum that contains the main discovered masterpieces and acquisitions referring back to the historical stages witnessed by the region.
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