Benghazi Cathedral
The Cathedral of Benghazi ( Italian Cattedrale di Benghazi ) is a now abandoned and decaying Roman Catholic cathedral in the east Libyan city of Benghazi , which was built from 1929 to 1939 during the Italian colonial period by the architects Ottavio Cabiati and Guido Ferrazza in the neoclassical style . It was the third largest cathedral in North Africa.
The cathedral was under the Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi . After the military coup of Muammar al-Gaddafi , the cathedral was temporarily used as the seat of the Arab Socialist Union . The city's Catholics had to move to a small church. After that it was left to decay. The interior of the building with two domes was destroyed by fire and the doors of the room where the cathedral's works of art are kept are open and therefore accessible to everyone.
The cathedral is a symbol of the neglect of Benghazi under the Gaddafi regime.
Web links
- Abandoned cathedral a reminder of Gadhafi's neglect. Retrieved February 19, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Libya's Benghazi laments city's decay under Gaddafi. Retrieved February 19, 2015 .
Coordinates: 32 ° 6 ′ 50.8 " N , 20 ° 3 ′ 34.5" E