Italian Cyrenaica
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Italian Cyrenaica was an Italian colony, located in present-day eastern Libya, that existed from 1911 to 1934. It was part of the territory conquered from the Ottoman Empire during the Italo-Turkish W
Stamp of Italian Cyrenaica
Derna - Bar and restaurant Cirenaica - Goods train (stamped on 29 December 1916)
The Italian Benghazi Municipio (City Hall) in the 1920s
The Palazzo Littorio, later called the "Parliament of Cyrenaica", built in 1927
Italian Libya
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Libya was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy located in North Africa, in what is now modern Libya, between 1934 and 1943. It was formed from the unification of the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania
Italian Cyrenaica
…Cyrenaica (Italian: Cirenaica Italiana; Arabic: برقة الايطالیة) was an Italian colony, located in present-day eastern Libya, that existed from 1911 to 1934. It was part of the territory conquered from the Ottoman Empire during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911, alongside Italian Tripolitania. The territory of…
Italian Libya in 1941: Libya Italian-controlled territory Kingdom of Italy
The Italian Army landing at the Port of Tripoli, 1911
Italian Benghazi, where the "Lungomare" (sea-walk) and many other buildings were constructed
Italian Libya as the Fourth Shore was the southern part of "Imperial Italy" (orange borders), a Fascist project to enlarge Italy's national borders.