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Al-Burtasi Mosque

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque in tripoli”. Today it says “mosque”.
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Al-Burtasi Mosque ( Arabic : مسجد البرطاسي ) is a mosque , located in Tripoli , in the Northern Governorate of Lebanon . The Burtasi mosque is considered one of the most beautiful Mamluk mosques in Tripoli. It is distinguished by its minaret and by its dark stone front decorated by black lines and white ornamentation.

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mosque in tripoli

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mosque

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