Murzuk
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Murzuk or Murzuq (Arabic: مرزق) is a town in south west Libya. It is one of the main settlements of the Murzuq municipality. The town developed in 1310 around a fort, now in ruins, built in the early fourteenth century. The town declined after the advent of modern transportation.
It used to be a major fort, and was termed the "Paris of the Sahara". It lies on the northern edge of the so-called "sea of sand".
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