Fort of Murzuq

Murzuq District · Libya

Fort of Murzuq, Libya
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A mud-brick desert fortress that once served as the seat of the Fezzan region, with high walls and towers rising above the oasis town. It controlled the trans-Saharan caravan routes crossing the deep south.

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