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Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli

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Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli
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General information
LocationLibya Elfatah Street, Tripoli, Libya
Coordinates32°53′44″N 13°12′1″E / 32.89556°N 13.20028°E / 32.89556; 13.20028
Opening1989
ManagementRadisson Hotels
Website
https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/hotels/radisson-blu-tripoli-al-mahary

The Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli is a modern tourist hotel in Tripoli, Libya, near Grand Hotel Tripoli.

Data & History

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It was built in 1989 and completely remodeled in 2009 to international standards as part of Radisson Hotels.

It is located on the site of the earlier Italian Hotel del Mehari ,[1] built in 1935 at the same time as the nearby Hotel Casinò Uaddan.[2]

Like the Uaddan, it was designed by Italian architect Florestano Di Fausto, with the collaboration of Stefano Gatti-Casazza.[2] According to Brian McLaren in his book Architecture and tourism in Italian colonial Libya, the destroyed Mehari hotel "provided a fusion of the indigenous architecture of Tripoli with a modern aesthetic that responded to the demand for a metropolitan standard of comfort, typical to colonial tourism.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Albergo del Mehari, created by architect Florestano Di Fausto
  2. ^ a b c McLaren, Brian (2006). Architecture and tourism in Italian colonial Libya: an ambivalent modernism. University of Washington Press. pp. 194–204. ISBN 978-0-295-98542-8. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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