Historical Monuments in Tripoli Lebanon

Present

• ElMina

The harbour - ElMina - three kilometers away, hosted what was apparently at one time a Phoenician town of which nothing now remains. ElMina is also known as the "City of Waves and Horizons".

• Families

A comprehensive repository of Tripolitan families and expatriates.

• Handicrafts

Tripoli has long been known for its sweets industry, olive oil-based soap production, and copper crafts.

• Index Tripolis

A project to provide bibliographic information about Tripoli, Lebanon.

• Kazdoura

A wander around inside Tripoli, Lebanon: A diary of humouristic series of walkabouts "kazdouras".

• Links

Useful links and telephone numbers in Tripoli, Lebanon.

• Maps

Terrain, street, satellite, touristic, urban growth, sailing, and historical maps and aerial imagery of Tripoli, Lebanon.

• News

Daily and weekly news from Tripoli, Lebanon.

• North Lebanon

A guide for towns and villages neighbouring Tripoli, Lebanon.

• Palm Islands

The Palm Islands Park is a unique and integrated natural marine basin in the eastern Mediterranean that was declared as a reserve in 1994.

• Panoramic Views

Interactive panoramic views of Tripoli, Lebanon.

• TeDS

The 'Tripoli e-Discussion Society' is an independently self-controlled body that aims at gathering Tripolitans residing all over the world to discuss issues pertaining to Tripoli, Lebanon.

• Today's Tripoli

Various present aspects of Tripoli, Lebanon

• Tripoli Radio

An Internet Radio that features original on-demand programs about various aspects of Tripoli, Lebanon.

• Tripoli TV

An Internet TV that brings you original on-demand films about various aspects of Tripoli, Lebanon.

Past

• History

A quick reference about Tripoli in the Prehistorical, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Crusade, Mameluke, and Ottoman periods.

• Monuments

The wealth of historical monuments make Tripoli the second largest preserved Mameluke city in the world.

• The Tripoli Quiz

An educational game to test your knowledge about Tripoli, Lebanon.

• Tourist Guide

A comprehensive tourist guide for sightseeing in Tripoli, Lebanon.

• Virtual Museum

A documented history of Tripoli from the 3rd to the 20th centuries with large collections of coins, garments, manuscripts, paintings, old photographs, and many other artifacts.

Languages

• Français

Bienvenue à Tripoli, Liban

• عربي

أهلاً بكم في طرابلس لبنان

• Ramadhan / رمضان

The Holy Month of Ramadhan in Tripoli / شهر رمضان المبارك في طرابلس

• عائلات

العائلات الطرابلسية

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• Bimaristan (Old hospital) [1]
• Church [22]
• Citadel [1]
• Clocktower (Tell Square) [1]
• District [9]
• Fountain/Pool [9]
• Grain Mill [1]
• Hammam (Turk. bath) [11]
• House (Old) [4]
• Khan (Caravansary) [15]

• Madrassa (Theol. sch.) [48]
• Mosques & Prayer Houses [99]
• Palace [10]
• Soap Making Factory [2]
• Souk (Bazaar) [10]
• Statue [4]
• Takiyyah [1]
• Tower [10]
• Zawiya [1]

1. The Citadel

1. Aattar
   (Needs 51,000$ for restoration)
2. Aazem wal Saadah
3. Abdullah Ibn Mas'oud
4. Abou Bakr al-Siddeeq
5. Abou-l-Qasem
6. Abou Samra alQadeem
7. Abrar
8. Afghani
9. Ahmadiyah
10. Amin
11. Amirah
12. Arghoun Shah
    (Needs $104,000 for restoration)
13. As'adi (Shoum or Sharafeddin Mosque)
14. Asmar
15. Bab el-Raml
16. Baddawi
17. Bani Aammar (The Tripoli Citadel)
18. Barbar (The Tripoli Citadel)
19. Barsbay
20. Basheer
21. Bayan
22. Bilal ben Rabah
23. Borj Ras alNahr
24. Bourtasi
25. Dannawi (or Salam)
26. Dar alTarbiyah wal Taalim
27. Dhahr al-Moghr
28. Dubbaha (Baha'a; Needs 66,000$ for restoration)
29. Fadlullah
30. Fat’h alOthmani (The Tripoli Citadel)
31. Ghazi (el-Mina)
32. Ghoraba
33. Hamidi alBalad
34. Hamidi alMina
35. Hamzah
36. Harah al-Jadeedah
37. Haram
38. Harba
39. Hizam
40. Imam Ali Ibn Abou Taleb
41. Iman
42. Issa Ibn Maryam
43. Islamic World League
44. Kabir al-Aali (el-Mina)
45. Karimiyah
46. Khadijah Bent Khouwayled
47. Khaled ben alWaleed (Shalfah district)
48. Khaled ben alWaleed (Abou Samra district)
49. Khanqah
    (Needs 112,000$ for restoration)
50. Khayrat (Islah mosque)
51. Kholafah
52. Mahmoud Beik the Sanjaq
    (Needs 102,000$ for restoration)
53. Mansouri Great Mosque
54. Mawlawiyyah
55. Muallaq
    (Za'im Mosque; Needs 46,000$ for restoration)
56. Mu'assassah alIjtima'iyyah (Charity)
57. Mustafa
58. Naji
59. Nashabah
60. Nasser
61. Nour (Alias, Tartousi)
62. Omar Ben alKhattab (ElMina)
63. Ouwaysiyah
    (Needs 44,000$ for restoration)
64. Othman ben Affan
65. Qalaajiyah
66. Qasimiyah elAhmadiyah
    (Needs 21,000$ for restoration)
67. Qawouqjiyah
68. Qobbet alNasr
69. Rahmah
70. Rahman
71. Rashad
72. Rashidi
73. Rashwani
74. Rawdah
75. Ridwan
76. Rifa’iyah
77. Salahuddin
78. Shaleh
79. Sidi AbdulWahed AlMeknasi
80. Tahham
    (Needs 86,000$ for restoration)
81. Tareq
82. Taqwah
83. Tawbah
    (Needs 88,000$ for restoration)
84. Tawjih
85. Taynal
86. Tell alAali
87. Towashiyyah
    (Needs 30,000$ for restoration)
88. Wadi’i
89. Wafa'a
90. Za’atiti
91. Zahra’a

Demolished Mosques

1. Anbariyyah
2. Batrakiyyah
3. Dabbaghah
4. Dayem Allah (Ottoman, located in Haddadeen district. Commissioned probably by Sh. AbdulMawla alSamman)
5. Jawhariyyah
6. Marj (Prayer Hall)
7. Qarmashiyyah
8. Wattar

Mansouri Great Mosque

Taynal Mosque

1. Abi alNasr alYafi
2. Ajamiyah
   (Needs 11,000$ for restoration)
3. Ashrafiyah
4. Bshennatiyah
5. Burtasiah
   (Needs 38,000$ for restoration)
6. Dabbousiyah
   (Needs 20,000$ for restoration)
7. Dahhan
8. Dayem Allah
9. Dubbaha
   (Needs 66,000$ for restoration)
10. Habbak
11. Hindi
12. Homsi
13. Houjeyjiyyah
    (Needs 59,000$ for restoration)
14. Jaweesh
15. Khatouniyah
    (Needs 42,000$ for restoration)
16. Khayriyah Hosn
    (Needs 24,000$ for restoration)
17. Kouriyah
18. Mahmoudiyah (known as Sanjak)
19. Mardaniyah
20. Mash'had
21. Naml
22. Nasiriyah
    (Needs 22,000$ for restoration)
23. Nouriyah
    (Needs 22,000$ for restoration)
24. Omariyyah
25. Qadioglu
    (Needs 14,200$ for restoration)
26. Qadi Omar
27. Qadiriyah (Includes a grave dated 759 H; needs 34,000$ for restoration)
28. Qartawiyah
    (Needs 90,000$ for restoration)
29. Rajabiyah
30. Sabbagh
31. Sabsabiyah
32. Sanjakiyah
33. Saqraqiyah
    (Needs 32,000$ for restoration)
34. Shamsiyah
    (Needs 33,000$ for restoration)
35. Shouhadaa
    (Needs 29,000$ for restoration)
36. Tabshi
37. Tadmouriyah (alias, Sanjar alHomsi, 725 H/1325 CE)
38. Thahiriyah
    (Needs 44,000$ for restoration)
39. Towashiyyah
    (Needs 30,000$ for restoration)

Demolished Madrassa

1. Debban
2. Haffar
3. Joulaylatieyh
4. Koudsi (Used at present as a store house)
5. Masjed el-Wattar
6. Nisr Bin Aajbour
7. Rifaiyah (Different than the one mentioned above)
8. Sibt el-Aattar
9. Zoureykieyh

1. Beshara Catholic Church (Built 2nd half of the 19th century, restored 1992 CE)
2. Evangelical National Babtist Church (Built 1973 CE)
3. Latin Church
4. Moutran Church
5. Orthodoxe Armenian Church (Built 1963 CE)
6. The Patriarchiate School
7. Roum (Greek) Catholic Church
8. Saint Efram Church for the Assyrian Orthodoxe (ElMina, Built 1957 CE)
9. Saint Elie Orthodoxe Cathedral
10. Saint John of the Pilgrims Mount Church
11. Saint Jorjios Catholic Church (Built 1835 CE)
12. Saint Jorjios (George) Orthodoxe Cathedral
13. Saint Jorjios (George) Orthodoxe Church
14. Saint Joseph Assyrian Catholic Church
15. Saint Maroon
16. Saint Mary Salvador Maronite Church (ElMina, built 1889 CE, restored 1991 CE)
17. Saint Mary (Saydeh) Maronite Church (AlTabbanah)
18. Saint Michael Maronite Church (near the old College des Freres, 1889 CE)
19. Saint Michael Maronite Church (AlQobbah, 1926 CE)
20. Saint Nicolas Greek Orthodoxe Church
21. Saint Thomas Church (Crusader, demolished, the remains of which are in Baqar Island)

1. Aarasat
2. Aaskar
   (Needs 670,000$ for restoration)
3. Batteekh
4. Jadeed
5. Jaweesh
6. Khashab
7. Khayyateen
8. Loubiya
9. Ma A
10. Misriyyin
    (Needs 244,000$ for restoration)
11. Roummanah
12. Rouzz
13. Saboun
    (Needs 300,000$ for restoration)
14. Shai Ir
15. Tamathili (ElMina)

1. AlAattar (some traces)
2. AlAbed
3. AlAzem
4. AlDawadar (Present)
5. AlHajeb (Built by the Vice Sultan Governor Sayfuddeen Asandamor AlKurji 705 H/1305 CE)
6. AlJadeed
7. AlKarafish (Present within the Citadel)
8. AlNouri
9. AlNouzhah (Demolished)
10. AlQadhi (Demoslished)
11. Izzeddeen

1. Aattareen
2. Bazerkan
3. Haddadeen
4. Haraj
   (Needs 309,000$ for restoration)
5. Kameh
6. Khoudar
7. Koundarjiyah
8. Nahhaseen
9. Samak
10. Sayyagheen

1. Adas
2. Aytmish [Prince]
3. Baddaoui
4. Barsbay
5. Bohsas
6. Magharibah
7. Mansouri Great Mosque Tower
8. Qaytbay [Sultan]
9. Tarabay [Prince]
10. Thahiri [Prince Julubban]

1. Azem Palace
2. Prince Izeddeen Aybak alMawsili Palace
3. Kastaflees Palace
4. Khodr Agha Palace
5. Mahkamah alShar'iyah (The historical Palace of Justice)
6. Moghrabi Palace
7. Nawfal Palace
8. Sanjar alHomsi Palace
9. Sayfeddine Altuntash Palace (video; the Dabbaghah District)
10. Shanbour Palace

1. Dabbaghah
2. Homsi
3. Mahatrah
   (Needs 12,000$ for restoration)
4. Mallaha
5. Nouri
6. Ouwaynat
7. Tabbanah
8. Taht el Sibat
9. Tarbihah

1. Old Houses
   (Need 159,000$ for restoration)
2. Soap Making Factories
   (Need 148,000$ for restoration)
3. Statues
4. Takiyyah el-Mawlawiyyah
   (Needs 48,000$ for restoration)
5. Zawiyyah AlQaderiyyah
   (Needs 93,000$ for restoration)

• Wear comfortable sturdy shoes for a walk around the old town and the souks.
• Women should be prepared with head scarves if they wish to visit mosques.
• Although some of the monuments are kept locked, keys can usualy be obtained from a nearby shop.
• When shopping in the old souks or downtown area, remember that gold is a good buy.

Click here to listen to the many audio stories, interviews, and seminars about the different monuments of Tripoli Lebanon.

Did you know that Tripoli is the second largest preserved Mameluke city in the world. Click here to listen to an Arabic real audio recording about this fact.

A total of 45 buildings in Tripoli, many dating back to the 14th century, are registered as historical sites although at least 200 are present. It is our wish that the registration of all historical monuments of Tripoli is to be achieved soon by the Ministries of Tourism and Culture in order to save most of these monuments from erosion and intended destruction. Efforts are also put to make UNESCO announce Tripoli as a 'Protected Historical City', such as Sana'a (Yemen) and Fez (Morroco). Some major monuments, such as the Mansouri Great Mosque, Taynal mosque, Jewellers' Bazaar, Tell Tower, Madrassah al-Saqraqyiah and Khan al-Khayyateen have been restored recently. Many other monuments Needs an urgent rescue. Click here to listen to details in Arabic real audio recording.