Apollonia. Libya. Close-up view of one of the large monolithic columns of cipollino marble of the Eastern Church. Dating from
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Apollonia. Libya. Close-up view of one of the large monolithic columns of cipollino marble of the Eastern Church. Dating from the 5th century AD, the marble was shipped form the Greek Island of Greek and the church was the biggest in the region. It is thought the Church was built on top of the foundations of an earlier Hellenistic Temple believed to have been a Temple of Apollo. Located approximately 20 kilometres from the magnificent Greek city of Cyrene, Apollonia was established on a broad bay in the late 7th early 6th century BC by the Greeks colonists of Cyrene to serve as its harbor / port. Named after the god Apollo, Apollonia remained Cyrene’s port for over one thousand years and its ruins provide insights into the great splendours of the Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine civilisations.