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Tripoli, [a] historically known as Tripoli-of-the-West, [b] is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.317 million people in 2021. [4] It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert , on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay.
Tripoli was founded by Phoenicians [1] Cyrenaica (eastern coastal region of Libya) colonized by the Greeks; 2nd C. BCE - Romans in power. 163 CE - Roman Triumphal Arch built (approximate date). [2] 533- Successful recovered by Byzantines of Egypt; 643 - Rashidun caliphate subdued Tripoli. [3] 1140 - Normans in power in Tripolitania. [2]
The Karamanly House Museum (also known as the Qaramanli House Museum, the House of Karamanly and the Tripoli Historical Exhibition) is a historic house and museum located in the Old city in Tripoli, Libya. It is associated with the Karamanli dynasty. The house was built in the second half of the 18th century . [1]
Leo of Tripoli (early 10th century), a Greek renegade and fleet commander for the Abbasid Caliphate; Melisende of Tripoli (fl. around 1160), daughter of the ruler of the Crusader County of Tripoli, Lebanon; Salvatore Tripoli (1904–1990), American professional boxer and Olympic medalist; Tony Tripoli (born 1969), American actor and LGBT rights ...
The region of Tripoli or Tripolitania derives from the Greek name Τρίπολις "three cities", referring to Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna. Oea was the only one of the three cities to survive antiquity, and became known as Tripoli. Today Tripoli is the capital city of Libya and the northwestern portion of the country.
4.1 Location map templates. 4.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/Libya Tripoli Old City. 12 languages.
Location: Tripoli, Libya: ... The Galleria De Bono is a historic building located in Tripoli, Libya. History. The building was erected at the time of Italian Libya, ...
Hotel Casinò Uaddan in the 1950s. It is a historic hotel in Tripoli, Libya, located overlooking the bay, just east of Grand Hotel Tripoli.Historically it was the grandest hotel in Tripoli and was referenced by an American journalist as being "the Waldorf Astoria of Tripoli" and was named "a jewel of modern African architecture". [1]