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Tripoli City Beryte
Country: Lebanon
A quick guide to the second largest city in Lebanon, 85 kilometers north of Beirut. Contains quick information about the city main touristic sites.
Tripoli, LebanonSami Alameddine - Coordinator EU project, Municipality of Tripoli Hani Raad - Electrical Engineer, LCC International Inc. Saud Raad - Civil Engineer, Professor Sudad Raad - Architecture Engineer, Municipality of Tripoli Hammams | Kalaa | Madrasahs | Khans | Lions | Bertasi | Mansouri| Tinal Find Lebanese from TripoliTripoli (Trablous), 85 KmNorth of Beirut, has a special character all its own due to its historical wealth, relaxedlifestyle and thriving business climate, this is the city where modern and medieval blendeasily into a lively and hospitable metropolis. Known as the capital of the North, Tripoliis Lebanons second largest city.Of the Mamluk city 195 monuments remain. The monuments include the whole range ofreligious, civil, and military architecture such as mosques, madrassahs, khans, and theSaint-Gilles Citadel.Forty-five buildings in the city, many dating from the 14th century, have been registeredas historical sites. Twelve Mosque from the Mamluk and Ottoman times have survived alongwith an equal number of Madrassas or theological schools. Secular buildings include thehammam or bathing-house, which followed the classical pattern of Roman- Byzantine baths,and the Khan or caravansary. The Souks, together with the Khan, form an agglomeration ofvarious trades where tailors, jewelers, perfumeries, tanners and soap-makers work insurroundings that have changed very little over the last 500 years. Tripoli is classified2nd in the world with its fascinating Mamlouk architecture.HistoryHabitation of the site of Tripoli goes back to at least the 14th centuryBC, but it wasnt until about the 9th century BC that the Phoenicians established asmall trading station there. Later, under the Persians, it was home to a confederation ofthe Phoenician city states of Sidon, Tyre and Arados Island. Built on the trade andinvasion route near the Abu Ali river (Qadisha river), Tripolis strategic positionwas enhanced by offshore islands, natural ports and access to the interior. TripolitanCraftsmen were renowned throughout the Mediterranean for their skills at glass making andfabric weaving; and a thriving intellectual class dwelt on poetry, art and philosophy. Under Roman rule, starting with the take-over of the area by Pompey in 64-63 BC, the cityflourished. During this period the Romans built several monuments in the city. TheByzantine city of Tripolis, which by then extended to the south, was destroyed, along withother Mediterranean coastal cities, by an earthquake and tidal wave in 551.After 635 Tripoli became a commercial and shipbuilding center under the Omayyads. Itachieved semi-independence under the Fatimid Dynasty when it developed into a center oflearning.At the beginning of the 12th century, the Crusaders lais siege to the city, finallyentering it in 1109. The conquest caused extensive destruction, including the burning ofTripolis famous library, the Dar Il-Ilm, with its thousands of volumes.During the Crusader #146;s 180 years rule, t
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