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  • Tripoli

  • Tripoli

    Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya. The city was founded in the 7th century BC, by the Phoenicians, who gave it the Libyco-Berber name Oea. By the later half of the 2nd century BC it belonged to the Romans, who included it in their province of Africa, and gave it the name of Regio Syrtica. The city was taken by the Muslims in 643 AD.
    Archaeological Site
    Tripoli
    by Daniel and Kate Pett, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Tripoli
    by David Stanley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Tripoli
    by Abdul-Jawad Elhusuni (عبدالجواد الحسوني), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Tripoli

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Libya

    Tripoli

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    7th Century BC

    Phoenician

    Berber + Roman + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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