Hotel Tobruk

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Hotel Tobruk
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Hotel Tobruk
General information
Location Flag of Libya.svg Tobruk, Libya
Opening1937

Hotel Tobruk is a historic hotel in Tobruk, Libya.

History

The hotel Tobruk was built in 1937. It was located at the entrance of the port, the last stop before the Egyptian border. [1]

Contents

It provided shelter for Erwin Rommel during the Siege of Tobruk in World War II. [2]

Description

The hotel Tobruk had 20 rooms and an air-conditioning system. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 McLaren, Brian (2006). Architecture and tourism in Italian colonial Libya: an ambivalent modernism. University of Washington Press. p. 194. ISBN   978-0-295-98542-8 . Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Jörgensen, Christer (August 2003). Rommel's Panzers: Rommel and the Panzer Forces of the Blitzkrieg 1940-42. Zenith Imprint. p. 127. ISBN   978-0-7603-1481-4 . Retrieved 9 March 2011.


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