Lion Tower
The Barsbay Tower, also known as Lions Tower, is a small Mamluk military fortress located at the far eastern end of the Tripoli harbor in North Lebanon.
Chick Bowen, Public domain.- Castle
- …is also known as “Barsbay Tower”
- Description: fortress in Tripoli, Lebanon
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Tawbat Mosque and Al-Hamidi Mosque.
Al-Tawbat Mosque
The Al-Tawbat Mosque is a mosque, located in Tripoli, in the Northern Governorate of Lebanon. Al-Tawbat Mosque is situated 2 km southeast of Lion Tower.
Al-Hamidi Mosque
Al-Hamidi Mosque is situated 2 km southeast of Lion Tower.
Al-Nuriyya Madrasa
Al-Nuriyya Madrasa is a mosque, which is situated 2 km southeast of Lion Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tripoli and El Mina.
Lion Tower
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Latitude
34.44989° or 34° 26′ 60″ north
Longitude
35.83062° or 35° 49′ 50″ east
Open location code
8G6QCRXJ+X6
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lion Tower” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج السباع”
- Arabic: “برج السبع”
- Czech: “Lví věž”
- French: “Tour des Lions”
- German: “Löwenturm”
- Hebrew: “מגדל האריה (טריפולי)”
- Hebrew: “מגדל האריה”
- Spanish: “Torre Barsbay”
- Spanish: “Torre de los leones”
- Urdu: “برج السبع”
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Highlights include Tripoli Port, enter and Kamikaz Stadium.
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