Al Shouhada is a Mamluk madrassa whose founder and construction date are unknown. Its name, meaning “the martyrs,” became associated with the building when residents of Tripoli executed by Ibrahim Pasha were buried there.
Read MoreAzm Cultural Center, also known as Beit El Fan or the House of Art, brings cultural activity into a building whose history is believed to reach back to the twelfth century. Its restoration retained the beauty and historic character of the architecture while adapting the setting to its cultural role. A tradition associated with the […]
Read MoreBuilt in 1740 by Asaad Pasha al-Azm, Hammam Al Jadid is the Ottoman “new bath” and one of Tripoli’s most lavish historic bathhouses. Its entrance announces the richness of the building: alternating black and white stone frames a portal decorated with projecting cornices, sculpted recesses and finely worked architectural ornament. Above the doorway is an […]
Read MoreHammam El Abed has carried Tripoli’s communal bathing tradition through the centuries. Probably built during the Ottoman period in the middle of the seventeenth century, it takes its name from a local account of an African servant who was killed at the bathhouse entrance. Its layout follows the arrangement familiar in Mamluk and Ottoman baths. […]
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Taynal Mosque stands in Bab Al Ramel, south of Tripoli’s old city. Among the city’s historic mosques, it is especially admired for the richness of its architecture and decoration, and is second in importance to the Great Mansouri Mosque. Its distinctive atmosphere has given it a special place in the religious life of Tripoli. Prince […]
Read MoreAl Mansouri Great Mosque stands at the heart of the old city and is a defining monument of Mamluk Tripoli. Construction began in 1294 under Sultan Al Ashraf Khalil Bin Qalawun, five years after the Mamluks defeated the Crusaders and took the city. It was the first mosque of the new Mamluk city and remains […]
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Hammam Ezzedine follows the traditional Mamluk arrangement of rooms that gradually increase in temperature. The large changing hall sits beneath a broad dome, with a water basin in the center and raised stone terraces around the sides. Carved recesses beneath the terraces provided spaces for bathers to keep their clothes. The outer section, or barani, […]
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Overview & Geographical Importance Dominating the skyline of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, the Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles (known locally as Qal’at Sanjīl or Qal’at Tarābulus) is one of the largest and oldest surviving military strongholds in the Levant. The fortress sits atop a commanding strategic ridge historically known as Hissn al-Sufyan or Pèlerin Hill (Mountain […]
Read MoreKhan al-Saboun Tripoli, or the Soap Khan, is one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. Built in 1480 by Tripoli’s governor Yusuf Bey Saifah, it originally served as a military barrack for Ottoman soldiers. Later on, the structure was transformed into a commercial khan, where merchants stored their goods on the ground floor and rested […]
Read MoreKhan al-Khayyatin, also known as the Tailors’ Khan, is one of the most beautiful Mamluk caravanserais in Tripoli. It stands out for its unique architectural design, featuring a long courtyard that resembles a roofed street. Shops line both sides of the passage, and gates on the east and west connect it to the nearby souks. […]
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