Barca (Latin), also known as Barke, Barka, Barqa, Barqah, and Barce was an ancient, medieval, and early modern city located at the site of Marj in northeastern Libya. It remains a Roman Catholic and Orthodox titular see.
Barca (ancient city)
Coin minted in Barca in the Achaemenid Empire (475–435 BC)
Main railway station in Italian Barce.
Marj, El Merj in Benghazi and Egyptian Arabic, is a city in northeastern Libya and the administrative seat of the Marj District. It lies in an upland valley separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a range of hills, part of the Jebel Akhdar Mountains, and is generally believed to be the site of the ancient city of Barca.
Old (above) and new city (below)
Abi Zar al Ghifari mosque in Marj.
Damage during the earthquake in 1963.