"' Tripoli Cathedral "'(; ) was a Roman Catholic cathedral in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, located on Algeria / Elgazayer Square-" Maidan al Jazair / Maydan elgazayer " in the city centre.
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The Mediterranean Sea side capital of Libya, Tripoli, conquered for Spain by Navarrese Pedro Navarro, count of Oliveto, had been assigned in 1523 by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to the Knights of St . John who had lately been expelled by the Ottoman Turks from their stronghold on the island of Rhodes.
