Red Castle Museum
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The Red Castle Museum is a prominent historical and archaeological museum housed in a former fortress on Tripoli’s waterfront, showcasing Libya’s cultural heritage from ancient to modern times.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Castle Archaeological Museum | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological museum
ⓘ
history museum ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Assaraya Alhamra Museum
ⓘ
Red Castle Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Red Castle Archaeological Museum
|
| architecturalStyle | fortified complex ⓘ |
| country | Libya ⓘ |
| exhibitPeriod |
Islamic period
ⓘ
ancient times ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ modern era ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion |
Cyrenaica
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Fezzan ⓘ Libya ⓘ Tripolitania ⓘ |
| function |
preservation of Libyan heritage
ⓘ
public education ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
archaeological artifacts
ⓘ
coins ⓘ ethnographic items ⓘ historical objects ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ mosaics ⓘ sculptures ⓘ traditional costumes ⓘ traditional crafts ⓘ |
| hasExhibitsFromCulture |
Byzantine
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Islamic ⓘ Italian colonial ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman
Phoenician ⓘ Punic ⓘ Roman ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Islamic art gallery
ⓘ
classical antiquities gallery ⓘ ethnographic gallery ⓘ prehistoric gallery ⓘ |
| heritageShown | Libyan cultural heritage ⓘ |
| housedIn | former fortress ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tripoli
ⓘ
Medina of Tripoli ⓘ
surface form:
Tripoli Old Town
|
| locatedOn |
Tripoli
ⓘ
surface form:
Tripoli waterfront
|
| near |
Martyrs' Square
ⓘ
surface form:
Martyrs Square, Tripoli
|
| occupies | Red Castle fortress ⓘ |
| overlooks | Tripoli harbor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Red Castle fortress
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Castle complex
|
| significance | major national museum of Libya ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Red Castle Archaeological Museum