#libyan architecture

[mostly-history]

Royal Palace of Tripoli (Libya, 1930s or 1940s).

[classicalmonuments]

Sphinx Column of Cyrene

Cyrene, Libya

~550 BCE

8.1 M Total height, 1.70 M Sphinx height

Ionic order

Very similar to the column of the Naxians but different. Second biggest Sphinx votive column after the Naxian one. One of the earliest uses of ionic capital.

[hisourart-blog]

[:en]Fatimid architecture[:]

[:en]The Fatimid architecture that developed in the Fatimid Caliphate (909–1167 CE) of North Africa combined elements of eastern and western architecture, drawing on Abbasid architecture, Byzantine, Ancient Egyptian, Coptic architecture and North African traditions; it bridged early Islamic styles and the medieval architecture of the Mamluks of Egypt, introducing many innovations.

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