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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Cyrene Temple of Apollo Alternative Name: Cyrene Sanctuary of ApolloCountry: Libya Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Benghazi Nearest Village: Al Bayda'
Latitude: 32.823440N Longitude: 21.852630E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The 6-5th century BCE temple of Apollo had 11 by 6 Doric but unfluted columns. It is located on a largel man-made cliff platform about 1 kilometer further south and below the actual city of Cyrene and conected via a sacred processional path. The location was chosen on account of the natural spring located there which made the entire town viable. There are numerous other temples as well as Baths in the immediate vicinity. The Libyan natives made rock cut tombs in the cliffs before the arrival of the Greeks. Italian archeologists restored it to the present state since 1957. All work ceased in 1974. It's now a Unesco World Heritage site.
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