Located in the old city, this shrine is dated since the crusaders epoch (Latin Engraving letters…). The story mentions that a young man from the Younes family was hiding there as he feared his execution. The Virgin appeared to him and saved his lifew. Therefore. The cave became a prayer place sacred for the people […]
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The fishermen who returned safe to the seashore after severe storm the built this church to commemorate this event. The church was erected with tall columns forming like lighthouse for the boats in the sea. It contains very interesting icons that have been deonated by St Georgious church.
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Built on 1858, upon the Western style St Joseph is considered to be the oldest Maronite Church in Tripoli People come from all Lebanon to visit this old heritage.
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Facing St Georgious Orthodox Church, stands the Syriac St Josephbuilt in the19th C, it was originally for the Franciscans Brotherhood.
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Typically oriental Style with genuine Icons writtrn by The Iconographjers Hanna al Qudsi and Michel The Cretois. St Nicholas accommodates the most beautiful Icons of Tripoli. By the moment Tripoli had an Icon workshop close to the old Mosque in the area. Some Icons have been restored in France where they discovered many laters of
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Built during the Ottomans in the 19th Century, after the Mariamite church in Damascus where the Orthodox Patriarchate is still located. It is located in the Christian area of Tripoli known as Al Kanaes St /The Churches St and close to the Dabbagha (Place to clean, prepare and export the animal skins). The Church has
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Its name comes after its owner, its big dome recalls the Ottoman examples to come. The Mihrab has no ornamentation , while the Minbar of wood has a rich geometric ornamentation. The whole structure has been renovating during the Ottoman Sultan Sulayman Al Quanouni.
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Built by the end of the Mamluk period, this mosque takes its name from Argoon shah its owner. Was it Argoon shah the vice governor or simply another Argoon shah a rich citizen who built it? Its cylindric minaret recalls the ottoman style. Close to the Schools of Sakrakiya and Khatooniya, in Bab Al Raml
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This unique minaret standing on a void Portico without a solid base, saved this mosque from demolition as decided after the flood of 1955. The Mefti of Tripoli made a sit-in inside the mosque to confront its destruction following the flood. Located directly on the riverside, its name came from its owners who wanted it
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Built by one of the richer perfumers of the city, who added as well a hammam and a School. Located near the Egyptian Khan, it has an outside portico with a beautiful ornamentation
