Massa () is a town in the district of
Jebel el-Akhdar in north-eastern
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
. It is located 10 km west of
Beida. During Italian rule, the town was known as Villaggio Luigi Razza,
[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] 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
'Ein Targhuna () or Gasr Targhuna, locally also Hirbet al-Yahud (), is an archaeological site located near Massah, Libya. It is believed to have been a Jewish military settlement stationed there to defend the area from raids originating from the we ...
, believed to be a Jewish military settlement dating from the
Roman period
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...
, is located 6 kilometers to the west.
Photo gallery
Massa 3.jpg, Massa's eastern gateway
Massa 4.jpg, Massa's western gateway
A Massa farm 5.jpg, A farm in Massa
Ain as Saqr association.jpg, Ain as Saqr antiquities association (in an old Italian church)
Church of Massah.jpg, The same building, during the Italian period
See also
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List of cities in Libya
This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya. Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
''Source:Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou ...
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
References
{{Commons category, Massah
Populated places in Jabal al Akhdar