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Ptolemais

one of the ancient capitals of Cyrenaica
Place Human Settlement Q45829

Facts

7 properties

Designation

Instance of
human settlement, archaeological site, ancient city[3][4]
Heritage designation
Tentative World Heritage Site[6]

Location

Country
Libya[2]
Location
Tolmeitha[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 32.707°, 20.953°, 🗺️ 32.709°, 20.951°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Marj District[1]
More facts +1
Different from
Acre[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tolmeta en Mint of Ptolemais en Ptolemaida en Ptolemais en Tolmeita ar بتوليمايس ar بطولومايس ar بطولوميس ar بطوليمايس ar بوطلمايوس el Πτολεμαΐδα Κυρηναϊκής fa بطلمیوس، شحات fi Tolmeta fr Ptolemais fr Ptolémaïs id Ptolemais, Kirenaika it Tolemaide ja プトレマイス pl Ptolemais pl Tolmeita
🔖 Identifiers · 26
VIAF cluster ID
159450429
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80147673
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ptolemais Byzantine Cistern.JPG ↗
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
21857
Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica ID
tolemaide_res-d16a4045-8c61-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51, tolemaide
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Ptolemais-Libya
Freebase ID
/m/080f5_
GNS Unique Feature ID
-3160893
GeoNames ID
89183
Grove Art Online ID
T069943
Heritage Gazetteer of Libya ID
912, 953
J9U entity ID
987007562064805171
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Kulturenvanteri monument ID
339168
Nomisma ID
ptolemais_cyrenaica
OpenStreetMap node ID
3545086029
Pleiades ID
373879
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae ID
LWTQZZZPN5HMPEIISVVOROACXM
Topic's main category
Category:Ptolemais
ToposText place ID
327210UPto
Treccani ID
tolemaide
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
tolemaide
Vici.org ID
2960
Who's on First ID
421174669
World Heritage Tentative List ID
6487
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxrXKbKyTY3rKBwHq7PwC
Yale LUX ID
place/f58257e0-1d21-4ac8-b5df-ea5aacd5dbaf

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🔗 Connections
Examples 6
East area, Ptolemais, Fortress of the Dux, Ptolemais, Major Cardo, Ptolemais, Ptolemais: Quarry Hanan Ghetti, Royal Tomb, Ptolemais, Street of the Monuments, Ptolemais
Instance of 2
human settlement, archaeological site
Country 1
Libya
Different from 1
Acre
Heritage designation 1
Tentative World Heritage Site
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Marj District
Located in time zone 1
UTC+02:00
Location 1
Tolmeitha
← SNARC ID 1
Pingdingshan
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Related Entities

East area, Ptolemais Fortress of the Dux, Ptolemais Libya Major Cardo, Ptolemais Ptolemais: Quarry Hanan Ghetti Royal Tomb, Ptolemais Street of the Monuments, Ptolemais

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Nomisma. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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