Tobruk is a Libyan coastal city 1300 km east from the capital Tripoli
It has many Greek, Roman and Islamic monuments inside and outside the city. It has the famous Byzantine wall (Justinian) and its remains still stand today and there is a western city of ancient city with an area of four square kilometers with the largest mosaic floor known in the eastern region of Libya There are traces of primitive churches that spread in caves during the call for the Christian religion, the most important of which is the church ((Valley of the Plain)) The ancient city of «Anteparchos» and there is an archaeological city under sea water on the western side of Tobruk
One of its oldest landmarks is the Old Mosque, built in 1880 and one of the oldest mosques in the region (recently removed), and the new old Tobruk Mosque was erected in its place. In 1897 came an emigration from Crete to Tobruk, when the Turkish authorities transferred a number of Muslim families to some Libyan cities to save them from Crusader persecution.
The city has one airport now, which is about 25 km south of the city center, a civilian airport now called “Tobruk International Airport” and a military airport at the same time, with domestic and international flights to and from Tripoli and Benghazi There is a project to develop Tobruk Airport to turn it into an international airport.
