Tripoli National Museum (Tripoli) | fortress

Libya / Tarabulus / Tripoli / MARTYR SQUARE
 museum, fortress
The Ottoman Red castle / Fortress -
Arabic for : Assaraya al Hamra ( السراي الحمراء )

Archaeological Museum of Tripoli, is Libya's national museum of 5,000 years from prehistory to the independence revolution (1953) era. It is located in Tripoli's Assaria al-Hamra or Red Castle fortress, on the promontory above and adjacent to the old-town district with medina Ghadema. The museum, designed in conjunction with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has an entrance on historic Martyrs' Square or As-Saha al-Kradrah.

The museum was established in 1919, when the colonial Italians converted a section of the castle to a museum to house many of the archaeological artifacts scattered across the country since prehistoric times. When the British occupied Libya during World War II, the museum occupied the entire complex of the castle and in 1948 was renamed The Libyan Museum. The museum reopened to the public in 1988, renamed the Assaraya Alhamra Museum–Red Castle Museum, with 'state-of-the-art' facilities.

- National Museum of Tripoli, It is open to public.
www.temehu.com/Cities_sites/museums-of-libya.htm
- English Description
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Castle_Museum
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Wikipedia article: http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/السرايا_الحمراء
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Coordinates:   32°53'45"N   13°10'49"E

Comments

  • Very touristy place, but worth a visit.
  • من هنا تجلى الله المعمر وهو يقول ارقصوا وافرحوا---كم دمعة تسيل مني الان وانا اكتب هذه الكلمات واتذكرك يا سيدي والهي معمر كم اتمنى ان تعود تلك الايام التي كنت بيننا بينما نحن الان ايتام نسبح بحمدك ونقدس لك سيدي وربي والهي معمر
  • اليك كل الرحمة والدعاء يا معمر القذافي الخالد
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