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Mausoleum of Gasr Doga

Libya

The Mausoleum of Gasr Doga is an ancient mausoleum dating from the first century CE, located near Tarhuna, Libya. The mausoleum, dubbed "one of the most imposing funerary monuments of ancient Tripolitania", was built by a member of the local Libyco-Punic elite, and its architectural composition evokes the style of royal Numidian monuments. Its decorative elements reflect a fusion of local artistic traditions and imported motifs from Italy. During Late Antiquity and the Islamic era, the mausoleum became the nucleus of a fortified settlement, predominantly built using spolia sourced from the mausoleum itself.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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