Massah, Libya

Town in Cyrenaica, Libya

Massa مسة
Town

32°45′06″N 21°37′35″E / 32.75167°N 21.62639°E / 32.75167; 21.62639
Country	Libya
Region	Cyrenaica
District	Jebel el-Akhdar
Time zone	UTC +2

Massa (Arabic: مسة or ماسة) is a town in the District of Jebel el-Akhdar in north-eastern Libya. It is located 10 km west of Beida.^[1] During Italian rule, the town was known as Villaggio Luigi Razza,^[2] probably after the late Italian politician of the same name.

There is an association in Massa named Ain as Saqr interested in gathering Libyan antiquities.

The ancient site of Ein Targhuna, believed to be a Jewish military settlement dating from the Roman period, is located 6 kilometers to the west.^[3]

Photo gallery

Massa's eastern gateway
Massa's western gateway
A farm in Massa
Ain as Saqr antiquities association (in an old Italian church)
The same building, during the Italian period

External links

Satellite map at Maplandia.com

References

^ Maplandia world gazetteer
^ El Hadi Mustapha Bulegma, & Saad Khalil Kezeiri (ed.), " Al Jamahiriya: Dirasa fil Jughrafia", Ad Dar al Jamahiriya lil nashr wa tawzee wa e'lan, Surt, Libya, 1995.P.405
^ Applebaum, Shimon (1989-01-01), "ʿEin Targhuna", Judaea in Hellenistic and Roman Times, Brill, pp. 66–69, doi:10.1163/9789004666641_009, ISBN 978-90-04-66664-1, retrieved 2024-06-18