Zliten, one of Libya's " saints towns " because it was the home of Sidi Abdusalam al Asmar one of the most known and respected saints of the whole of Libya. Born in 1455, he lived the life of a hermit, living in the desert performing miracles: he was able to feed masses of poor people with a few grains of barley and flour and give them to drink by making water gush from the rocks. He finally became a warrior with arms to defend his town Zliten. He died at the great age of 120 years and his tomb became a place of pilgrimage, the mosque erected in his remberence ( in Moresque style ) is the resting place of his tomb. Next to the mosque is one of the most famous Koranic schools in Libya. A small archeological museum holds various frescos from the villa of Dar - Buc -Ammera ( some of these are also held in the national museum in Tripoli ), and Roman ceramics belonging to tombs found on the outskirts of Zliten.