Կադաֆիի ավերված պալատների ներսում. ինչպես են բռնապետի տները վերածվել ավերակների (լուսանկարներ)

6 October, 2015 23:40

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi stands with his wife and children near Bab al-Azizia palace in November 1986, before it was left in ruins by air raids

Reduced the rubble: The former Bab al-Aziziya palace, which boasted a zoo, fairground and pool, now lies in a derelict state

Then: A mural of a smiling Colonel Gaddafi was painted on the side of the Bab al-Aziziya palace, but was a symbol of fear and terror to Libyans

Growing up Gaddafi's children enjoyed their own fairground within the palace in Tripoli - yet millions of Libyan people suffered under his reign

Now: The palace has lain in ruin for almost four years, after it was hastily bulldozed by rebels once they took control of it in 2011

Graffiti and revolutionary slogans are visible on the outbuildings, which are among the few structures that remain on the site

Nowadays, only shabby outbuildings are left on the palace grounds, covered in graffiti and revolutionary slogans, while holes leading to a network of underground tunnels that once ran under the stronghold can still be accessed

Rebels posted for photos in a foreign dignitaries reception room at Bab al-Aziziya when they stormed the building in 2011

The rebels later bulldozed the palace - but the green flooring from Gaddafi's home is still visible in parts of the derelict site

A Libyan army soldier patrols the heavily-fortified compound in March 2011, before the beginning of the civil war and fighters took it over

Having taking control of the palace in late 2011, rebels used a crane to remove the statue of the US plane clutched by a fist outside the building

Rubbish now piles up at the site of the former Tripoli palace. Plans to turn the site into a national park have never materialised

The site of Gaddafi's palace in the Libyan city of Benghazi is now a market place, packed with traders selling bric and back, clothes and pets

A LIbyan man holds high a bird, available to buy from the market. Four years on, the landscape has completed changes for Libyan people

The old palace site was out of bounds for many but is now a thriving market. 'It is is a powerful message to the new rulers' says one Libyan

The former palace in Benghazi is now a dumping ground for people's rubbish, having once symbolised Colonel Gaddafi's grip on Libya