Port areas and spatiality of Tripoli (Lebanon)
Résumé
This article is the first part of a geographical study about the sense of space and spatiality of Tripoli's port and society, through the ages. Tripoli's ancient history is not well known and very fragmented. This history seems to start during Late Bronze Age, but we still do not know when and by whom the city was created. Despite these knowledge gaps, the evolution of the city seems to be linked to an early port development, which configures the local human relation to space at different geographical scales through spatiality and time. To begin with, defining the site and the situation of the city on the Near-East coast helps to understand the role and growth of the port and its existence through the ages despite invasions, wars, earthquakes or political changes.