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Tripoli Castle

🇱🇾 Libya

Tripoli Castle in Libya
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The Red Castle, in Arabic As-saraya Al-hamra (السرايا الحمراء), sometimes also Red Fort or Red Saraya, is a major landmark on the waterfront of Tripoli, bordering Martyrs' Square. It has been the home of the Red Castle Museum (under various names) since 1919, and of the Libyan Department of Archaeology since 1952.

Text adapted from “Red Castle of Tripoli” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tripoli Castle ranks #2,582 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 4 mapped in Libya. See how Libya compares in the castle statistics.

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