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

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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 ,Albergo del Mehari, created by architect Florestano Di Fausto
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Stefano Gatti-Casazza Stefano is the Italian form of the masculine given name Στέφανος (Stefanos, Stephen). The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant achievement and has been crowned. In Orthodox Christianity the ach ...

. 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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the "Grand Hotel" in Italian Tripoli
Hotels in Tripoli Hotels established in 1989 Hotel buildings completed in 1989 {{Libya-struct-stub

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