Italian invasion of Libya
The Italian invasion of Libya occurred in 1911, when Italian troops invaded the Turkish province of Libya and started the Italo-Turkish War. As result, Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were established, later unified in the colony of Italian Libya.
Landing of Italian marines at Tripoli
Italian soldiers viewing corpses of dead Libyan and Turk defenders
Italian Tripolitania was an Italian colony, located in present-day western Libya, that existed from 1911 to 1934. It was part of the territory conquered from the Ottoman Empire after the Italo-Turkish War in 1911. Italian Tripolitania included the western northern half of Libya, with Tripoli as its main city. In 1934, it was unified with Italian Cyrenaica in the colony of Italian Libya. In 1939, Tripolitania was considered a part of the Kingdom of Italy's 4th Shore.
Italy's representation of the takeover of Ottoman Tripolitania in 1911
A 1-lire airmail stamp, depicting an Arab horseman pointing to an airplane passing overhead.
The Royal Palace of Tripoli, designed by Italian colonial architect Meraviglia-Mantegazza in 1924.
Roman theatre of Sabratha, restored during the Italian rule