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Taynal Mosque

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One of the most beautiful mosque of Tripoli, having beautiful ornamentation that recalls Cairo Structures. Taynal was the Vice sultanate governor of Tripoli. Built on 1377on the ruins of a crusader church, or on a Roman  temple for Zeus, this mosque. The minaret is very special having two stairs leading to 2 different ways, one upstairs and the other toward the interior of the mosque. The windows on the minaret have been closed, and this mosque was used to judge between people.

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