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- Marble_Arch_(Libya) abstract "The Marble Arch, also Arch of the Philaeni (Italian: Arco dei Fileni), formerly known in Libya as El Gaus (i.e. "The Arch"), was a monument in Libya built during the days of Italian colonization. The arch marked the border between Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, and was located on the actual Libyan Coastal Highway (at that time Via Balbia) near Ra's Lanuf. It was designed by architect Florestano Di Fausto in response to a request by the Italian Governor-General Italo Balbo. It was unveiled on 16 March 1937 in a lavish night ceremony attended by Benito Mussolini.The arch, which was 31 meters high, with an opening 15.75 meters high and 6.5 meters wide, and made with travertine stone (Rome`s typical building material), was located some 30 km (19 mi) west of the possible borders between Carthage and Cyrene, the locality called in Antiquity Altars of the Philaeni (Latin: Arae Philaenorum) which was located approximately halfway between Ra's Lanuf and El Agheila.The landmark was named after the legendary Philaeni brothers of Carthage, who chose to be buried alive on that spot in order to gain this border for their hometown. It bore two giant bronze statues of the brothers, represented as buried alive, surmounted by a stylised altar, mocking one of the disappeared Arae. The landmark was decorated by basreliefs which illustrated the legend.On the arch's frontispiece was carved a Latin inscription taken from Horace's Carmen Saeculare. It read: Alme Sol, possis nihil urbe Roma visere maius which translates to: "Oh kind Sun, may you never look upon a city greater than Rome". King Idris of Libya had the Latin inscription translated into Arabic.The arch was reproduced in postcards and Italian Africa lottery tickets, and soon became one of the symbols of Italian Libya and of the works done by the Italian Libyans colonists.The arch was demolished by dynamite in 1973 by the revolutionary leader Muammar Gaddafi, who considered the landmark as a sign of the Italian domination of Libya. Another possible reason for this demolition is that the arch was a symbol of separation between two parts of Libya, Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. The two bronze statues of the Philaeni brothers and parts of the marble reliefs are now located in a small museum in Medinat Sultan, around 50 km from Sirte.".
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- Marble_Arch_(Libya) wikiPageWikiLink Medinat_Sultan.
- Marble_Arch_(Libya) wikiPageWikiLink Muammar_Gaddafi.
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- Marble_Arch_(Libya) wikiPageWikiLink Sirte.
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- Marble_Arch_(Libya) wikiPageWikiLink Tripolitania.
- Marble_Arch_(Libya) wikiPageWikiLink File:Arch_of_the_Philaeni_01.jpg.
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- Marble_Arch_(Libya) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Arch of Fileni".
- Marble_Arch_(Libya) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Arch of the Philaeni".
- Marble_Arch_(Libya) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Marble Arch (Libya)".
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- Marble_Arch_(Libya) subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Libya.
- Marble_Arch_(Libya) subject Category:History_of_Cyrenaica.
- Marble_Arch_(Libya) subject Category:History_of_Tripolitania.
- Marble_Arch_(Libya) subject Category:Italian_Libya.
- Marble_Arch_(Libya) subject Category:Italian_fascist_architecture.
- Marble_Arch_(Libya) subject Category:Triumphal_arches.
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- Marble_Arch_(Libya) comment "The Marble Arch, also Arch of the Philaeni (Italian: Arco dei Fileni), formerly known in Libya as El Gaus (i.e. "The Arch"), was a monument in Libya built during the days of Italian colonization. The arch marked the border between Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, and was located on the actual Libyan Coastal Highway (at that time Via Balbia) near Ra's Lanuf. It was designed by architect Florestano Di Fausto in response to a request by the Italian Governor-General Italo Balbo.".
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- Marble_Arch_(Libya) depiction Arch_of_the_Philaeni_01.jpg.
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