The Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli is a modern tourist hotel in

Tripoli, Libya Tripoli, historically known as Tripoli-of-the-West, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.317 million people in 2021. It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point ...

, near Grand Hotel Tripoli.

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

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. It is located on the site of the earlier Italian Hotel del Mehari ,Albergo del Mehari, created by architect Florestano Di Fausto
/ref> built in 1935 at the same time as the nearby Hotel Casinò Uaddan. Like the Uaddan, it was designed by Italian architect

Florestano Di Fausto Florestano Di Fausto (16 July 1890 – 11 January 1965) was an Italian architect, engineer and politician who is best known for his building designs in the Italian overseas territories around the Mediterranean. He is considered the most importa ...

, with the collaboration of Stefano Gatti-Casazza. 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.

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External links

Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli official website
Hotels in Tripoli, Libya Hotels established in 1989 Hotel buildings completed in 1989 {{Libya-struct-stub

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