Hotel Tobruk
Hotel Tobruk is a historic hotel in Tobruk, Libya.
Hotel Tobruk | |
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Opening | 1937 |
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]
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]
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References
- 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.
- 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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