Tripoli Medina |
View over the old medina with the Corinthia Bab Africa in the distance |
Outer wall to the Tripoli Medina near the Bab Africa Hotel |
Gate to the medina near the Bab Africa |
Tripoli Medina |
Tripoli Medina |
Official office in the medina |
Tripoli Medina |
Old German car now taxi from Ramyat |
Tripoli Medina |
Burj Abu-Layla Stores for Fishing, Tripoli |
Tripolis Restaurant near the Iron Gate, Tripoli Medina |
Iron Gateway & Draghut Mosque, Tripoli Medina |
Iron Gateway & Draghut Mosque, Tripoli Medina |
Iron Gateway, Tripoli Medina |
Iron Gateway, Tripoli Medina |
Iron Gateway to Tripoli Medina |
Road by the Draghut Mosque |
Ramadan |
Old City Laundry |
Old doorway, Tripoli medina |
Sharia Jama Ad-Draghut, Tripoli Medina |
Tilework, Tripoli medina |
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Tripoli Medina |
Tripoli Medina |
Zenghet Al-Fanedga |
Tripoli Medina |
Tripoli Medina |
Tripoli Medina |
Tripoli Medina |
Guys in the medina, Tripoli |
Tripoli Medina |
There's a large black-African community in Tripoli |
Tuareg? |
Post Office |
Brush with Crust |
Matching kids in the medina |
Libyans can be friendly |
Bab al-Jadid, Tripoli Medina |
Bab al-Jadid, Tripoli Medina |
At the Bab al-Jadid |
Bab al-Jadid |
Bab al-Jadid outside the medina |
Colorful doorway, Tripoli medina |
Colorful doorway, Tripoli medina |
Colorful doorway, Tripoli medina |
Tripoli is Trablis in Arabic |
Sharia El-Haddar, Tripoli Medina |
Sharia El-Haddar |
al-Baqi' Company for Commerce and International Shipping |
North end of the Medina along the Corniche |
Medina kitty |
Colorful doorway, Sharia Al-Kuash |
Vive la Revolution |
Lots of the medina is trashed |
Kitty Kola, Tripoli medina |
Tripoli Medina |
The old British Consulate, Tripoli |
The old British Consulate, Tripoli |
Sharia Hara Kabir, Tripoli medina |
Zagat Sidi Salem |
Medina kitty |
Old French Consulate Street - Zenghet El-Franis |
Old French Consulate |
Banco di Roma, Tripoli Medina, 1870 |
Banco di Roma |
Tripolitarian Library across from the Banco di Roma, Tripoli Medina |
Tripolitarian Library across from the Banco di Roma, Tripoli Medina |
Old Turkish Prison & Greek Orthodox Church...what a combination |
St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, 1647 |
Turkish prison now a school |
Turkish prison |
Tripoli medina |
Former Catholic Church, Tripoli medina |
Old Catholic Church, Tripoli Medina |
Old Catholic Church, Tripoli Medina |
Old Catholic Church, Tripoli Medina |
Banco di Roma now Masarf Al-Umma (bank) |
Othman Pasha Mosque and Madrasa |
Othman Pasha Mosque and Madrasa |
Souq al-Turk |
Tripoli Medina |
Restaurant and Coffeeshop Medina al-Qadima (Old Town) |
al-Khojami gold shop, Tripoli |
Souq Al-Harir |
Souq al-Mushir |
Falafel Al-Sham |
Souq al-Mushir |
Medina gate to Martyr's Square |
Medina gate from Martyr's Square |
Tripoli Medina |
Medina gate and the Mohammed Pasha Karamanli Mosque |
Ottoman Clock Tower |
Ottoman clock tower |
Plaza north of Tripoli Castle and the Souq al-Mushir |
Weaving loom, Tripoli Medina |
Tripoli Medina |
Tripoli Medina |
Gazelle Kerosine, Tripoli Medina |
Tripoli Medina |
Little boy in Tripoli |
Rundown area of the medina, Tripoli |
Rundown area of the medina, Tripoli |
Baking Arabic bread, Tripoli medina |
Gate to the Tripoli Medina at night |
Gate to the Souq Al Mushir in the Tripoli Medina off Green Square |
Ahmed Pasha Karamanli Mosque at night |
The Ottoman Clock Tower, Tripoli Medina |
19th C. Ottoman Clock Tower at night, Tripoli |
Ottoman Clock Tower through arch at the north end of Souq Al Mushir |
Ottoman Clock Tower at night, Tripoli |
Looking up at the 19th C. Ottoman Clock Tower, Tripoli Medina at night |
North African-style arch leading into the souqs |
Pleasant square with traditional tea houses at the base of the Clock Tower, Tripoli Medina |
Clock Tower Square with the minaret of the mosque behind the Central Bank of Libya |
The northwest corner of Tripoli Castle also faces Clock Tower Square |
Clock Tower Square at night, Tripoli |
9:25 pm and all is quiet in the Tripoli medina |
Clock Tower Square at night, Tripoli Medina |
6-part tile work of the Hand of Fatima, Tripoli Medina |
Iron Gateway to the Tripoli Medina, near Draghut Mosque |
Mosaics - Zamit Hotel, Tripoli Medina |
Courtyard, Zamit Hotel |
Mosaics - Zamit Hotel, Tripoli Medina |
Zamit Hotel (Dhafairi Formerly) in the old city near the Arch of Marcus Aurelius |
Mosaics - Zamit Hotel, Tripoli Medina |
A muddy road near the British Consulate, Tripoli Medina |
The former British Consulate, 1744 |
The former British Consulate, Tripoli |
Courtyard of the old British Consulate |
Detail added to the old British Consulate during the Italian colonial era |
Minaret of the Gurgi Mosque |
Doorways in the old Tripoli Medina |
Alley in the Tripoli Medina crossed by heavy arches |
Former Anglican Church, Tripoli Medina |
The Anglican Church of the Christ the King, Tripoli Medina, recently renovated |
Main door of the Anglican Church, Tripoli Medina |
Welcome - This Historical Church is part of Libya's Heritage. Please Come Inside and Look Around |
Anglican Church of Christ the King, Tripoli Medina |
Carved stone at the Anglican Church |
Banco Di Roma, Tripoli Medina |
Banco Di Roma, Tripoli Medina |
Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, 1647 |
Blue and white doorway to the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, Tripoli Medina |
Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Altar of the Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, Tripoli |
Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church, Tripoli Medina |
Michael - Greek Orthodox Church |
St. Maria, St. Anastasio, St. George - Tripoli Medina |
Jesus Christ - the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Torture on a wheel - Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Mosaic - Painted interior of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Qadhafi - Greek Orthodox Church of St. George |
Doorway of the Hotel Al Khan |
Hotel Al Khan, Tripoli |
Hotel Al Khan in a nicely restored building of the Tripoli Medina |
Hotel Al Khan, Tripoli |
Hotel Al Khan, Tripoli |
Arabic-style sitting area, Hotel Al Khan |
Geometric tile work with a surprising Star of David, Tripoli Medina |
Zt. Hamman Kebir, Tripoli Medina |
Shaded alley, Tripoli Medina |
Ruin used as a garbage dump by residents of the Tripoli Medina |
Alley leading to the Sufi Mosque near the Souq Erbaa Elgdim, Tripoli Medina |
Al-Zawya Al-Kadriyya, the Sufi Mosque, Tripoli Medina |
Zenghet Fnedga, Tripoli Medina |
Clock Tower Square, Tripoli Medina |
Iron Gate, Tripoli Medina |
Looking west through the Iron Gate to Draghut Mosque |
The Iron Gate, Tripoli Medina |
Iron Gate identified here as the Muammar Al Qadhafi Gate |
The Iron Gate, Tripoli Medina |
Zenghet El Fransis, Tripoli Medina |
Shell Gazelle Kerosine - Tripoli |
Tripoli Medina |
Hammam - Dargouth Turkish Bath, 1605 (1081 A.H.) |
Madrasat Uthman Pasha, 1654 (1064 A.H.) |
Medina Cat with Tinker's coloring |
Hosh Mahmoud Al Quarmanlih House |
Courtyard built by the ruling family Al Qurmanlyah, who ruled Libya 1711-1835 |
Tajeef Fine Dining, Tripoli Medina |
Alley in the Tripoli Medina |
Medina cat on a wooden scaffolding supporting old houses |
Clock Tower Square, Tripoli Medina |
Clock Tower Square at dusk on a cloudy and wet evening, Tripoli Medina |
Tripoli Medina's Ottoman Clocktower at dusk on a rainy evening |
Tripoli Medina's Ottoman Clocktower |
Tripoli Medina's Ottoman Clocktower |
Tripoli Medina's Ottoman Clocktower |
Tripoli Medina as night falls |
Becks Near-Beer, Tripoli, Libya |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius from the Roman days of Tripoli |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius & Gurji Mosque |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius & Gurji Mosque |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius & Gurji Mosque |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius at night, Tripoli Medina |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius - Roman, 163 AD |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius |
Detail of the Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Tripoli Medina |
Detail of the Arch of Marcus Aurelius |
Detail of the Arch of Marcus Aurelius - Chariot pulled by griffons |
The Arch of Marcus Aurelius marked the crossroads of the Cardo Maximus and the Decumanus, typical of a Roman city's layout |
Tripoli was built on the site of the ancient Roman city of Oea |
The Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Tripoli |
The Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Tripoli |
Roman relief sculpture in the park around the Arch of Marcus Aurelius |
The Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Tripoli |
The Arch of Marcus Aurelius sits quite a bit lower than the current street level of the Tripoli Medina |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius on a cloudy day, Tripoli |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius, 163 AD |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius - Tripoli Medina |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius - Tripoli Medina |