36 Facts About Tripoli Lebanon

Tripoli Lebanon had a number of different names as far back as the Phoenician age.

Today, Tripoli Lebanon is known as al-fayha', which is a term derived from the Arabic verb faha which is used to indicate the diffusion of a scent or smell.

Under Hellenistic rule, Tripoli Lebanon was used as a naval shipyard and the city enjoyed a period of autonomy.

Tripoli and all of Lebanon was under French mandate from 1920 until 1943 when Lebanon achieved independence.

Tripoli Lebanon has not been extensively excavated because the ancient site lies buried beneath the modern city of El Mina.

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Tripoli Lebanon became a financial center and main port of northern Phoenicia with sea trade, and caravan trade (North Syria and hinterland).

Under the Seleucids, Tripoli Lebanon gained the right to mint its own coins; it was granted autonomy between 104 and 105, which it retained until 64 BCE.

At the time, Tripoli Lebanon was a center of shipbuilding and cedar timber trade.

Tripoli Lebanon gained in importance as a trading centre for the whole Mediterranean after it was inhabited by the Arabs.

Legally, Tripoli Lebanon was part of the jurisdiction of the military province of Damascus.

City became the chief town of the County of Tripoli Lebanon extending from Byblos to Latakia and including the plain of Akkar with the famous Krak des Chevaliers.

Tripoli Lebanon was home to a busy port and was a major center of silk weaving, with as many as 4, 000 looms.

At that time, Tripoli Lebanon had a heterogeneous population including Western Europeans, Greeks, Armenians, Maronites, Nestorians, Jews, and Muslims.

Tripoli Lebanon was captured by Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun from the Crusaders in 1289.

Tripoli Lebanon became a major trading port of Syria supplying Europe with candy, loaf and powdered sugar.

Mamluk Tripoli Lebanon witnessed a high rate of urban growth and a fast city development.

Urban form of Mamluk Tripoli Lebanon was dictated mainly by climate, site configuration, defense, and urban aesthetics.

Religious and secular buildings of Mamluk Tripoli Lebanon comprise a fine example of the architecture of that time.

Public buildings in Mamluk Tripoli Lebanon were emphasized through sitting, facade treatment, and street alignment.

Typical construction details in Mamluk Tripoli Lebanon included cross vaults with concave grooves meeting in octagonal openings or concave rosettes as well as simple cupolas or ribbed domes.

Mamluk Tripoli Lebanon included 16 madrasas of which four no longer exist.

Tripoli Lebanon included a Khanqah, many secular buildings, five Khans, three hammams that are noted for their cupolas.

Tripoli Lebanon witnessed a strong presence of French merchants during the 17th and 18th centuries and became under intense inter-European competition for trade.

Tripoli Lebanon was reduced to a sanjak centre in the Vilayet of Beirut in 19th century and retained her status until 1918 when it was captured by British forces.

Public works in Ottoman Tripoli Lebanon included the restoration of the Citadel of Tripoli Lebanon by Suleiman I, the Magnificent.

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Ottoman Tripoli Lebanon witnessed the development of the southern entrance of the city and many buildings, such as the al-Muallaq or "hanging" Mosque, al-Tahhan Mosque (early 17th century), and al-Tawbah mosque (Mamluk construction, destroyed by 1612 flood and restored during early Ottoman Period).

Since the end of Ottoman rule in 1918, Tripoli Lebanon has been mired in a period of extended economic and political decline.

Tripoli Lebanon's stagnation is attributable, in part, to the city's dysfunctional politics, in which a fragmented array of Sunni political figures vie for influence through competing networks of patronage: "No single leader has been able to assert dominance, leaving city politics to devolve into chaos.

Tripoli Lebanon has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate with mild wet winters and very dry, hot summers.

When Tripoli Lebanon was visited by Ibn Batutah in 1355, he described the newly founded Mamluk city.

International Fair of Tripoli Lebanon site, formally known as the Rachid Karami International Exhibition Center, is a complex of buildings designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer who was commissioned for the project in 1963.

Tripoli Lebanon is a very rich city containing many mosques that are spread all over the city.

Tripoli Lebanon has a large number of schools of all levels, public and private.

Organizations such as the Business Incubation Association in Tripoli Lebanon are currently trying to revive traditional export businesses such as furniture production, artisanal copper goods, soaps, as well as expand new industries such as ICT offshoring and new technological invention.

The Tripoli Lebanon soap is composed of: honey, essential oils, and natural aromatic raw materials like flowers, petals, and herbs.

Tripoli Lebanon is regionally known for its Arabic sweets where people consider it as one of the main attractions and reasons to visit the city.