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 War of 1911, alongside Italian Tripolitania.
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
Flag of Libya
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The national flag of Libya was originally introduced in 1951, following the creation of the Kingdom of Libya. It was designed by Omar Faiek Shennib and approved by King Idris Al Senussi who comprised the UN delegation representing the three regions of Cyrenaica, Fezzan, and Tripolitania at UN unification discussions.
