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  • Ghat Fortress

  • Ghat Fortress

    Ghat Fortress is an old Ottomans fortress located in Ghat city in Ghat District in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya. It was built in the 17th century AD. In the 20th century AD the Italians rebuilt the fortress that dominates the city from the hill of Koukemen.
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    Ghat Fortress
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    Ghat Fortress
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    Ghat Fortress
    by Franzfoto, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 680 m

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    Ghat Fortress

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Libya

    Ghat

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    17th Century AD

    Islamic

    Italian

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    Islamic & Italian Monuments

     

     

     

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