The Karamanly House Museum (also known as the Qaramanli House Museum, the House of Karamanly and the Tripoli Historical Exhibition) is a
historic house
A historic house generally meets several criteria before being listed by an official body as "historic." Generally the building is at least a certain age, depending on the rules for the individual list. A second factor is that the building be in ...
and
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
located in the Old city in
Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli (; ar, طرابلس الغرب, translit= Ṭarābulus al-Gharb , translation=Western Tripoli) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.1 million people in 2019. It is located in the northwe ...
. It is associated with the
Karamanli dynasty
The Karamanli, Caramanli, Qaramanli, or al-Qaramanli dynasty was an early modern dynasty, independent or quasi-independent, which ruled from 1711 to 1835 in Ottoman Tripolitania. The territory comprised Tripoli and its surroundings in present- ...
.
The house was built in the second half of the 18th century .
[ After restoration in the 1990s, it became a museum.]
Architecture
The Qaramanli house is one of the few traditional houses that have been preserved and rehabilitated in the Old city. It is characterized by its fine Islamic architectural design. It consists of two floors, with each of them having an area of 472 m2.
The open air courtyard
A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky.
Courtyards are common elements in both Western and Eastern building patterns and have been used by both ancient and contemporary ...
, a common element in Islamic residences, is centered around a beautiful fountain
A fountain, from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect.
Fountains were ori ...
. One of the most notable aspects of the house must be the arches
An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it.
Arches may be synonymous with vault ...
, which serve both a decorative as well as a load-bearing purpose. Mosaic patterns also adorn the walls of the house-museum.
The house comprises several rooms, including: a bedroom (Dar An-Namousiyyah),
See also
* List of historic houses
List of historic houses is a link page for any stately home or historic house.
Australia
*List of historic houses in South Australia
*Houses in New South Wales
**Houses in Sydney
** List of heritage houses in Sydney
Belgium
*List of castles an ...
* List of museums in Libya
Libya has a long history and has been in contact with many other civilizations, from pre-historic age to the modern age, passing through so many ages such as: Garamantes, Ancient Greece, Greek, Ancient Rome, Roman, Islamic and many other ages.
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References
External links
https://www.libyaobserver.ly/videos/karamanly-house-museum
Houses completed in the 18th century
18th century in Africa
Museums with year of establishment missing
Historic house museums in Africa
Museums in Tripoli, Libya
1990s establishments in Libya
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