article_snippet.sent: his former strongholds were once sprawling palace compounds that were used to intimidate and strike fear into the hearts of Libyans.
article_snippet.sent: Now the homes and residences of Gaddafi have been reduced to rubble - and even used as pet markets to sell birds and dogs.
article_snippet.sent: Four years after the 2011 revolution that saw Gaddafi's hold on Libya crumbled, the once feared Bab al-Aziziya compound, situated in Tripoli, resembles a wasteland.
article_snippet.sent: Gaddafi stands with Gaddafi wife and children near Bab al-Azizia palace in November 1986, before it was left in ruins by air raids .
article_snippet.sent: Reduced the rubble: The former Bab al-Aziziya palace, which boasted a zoo, fairground and pool, now lies in a derelict state .
article_snippet.sent: All that remains of the palace, which had been hit in a 1986 US air strike before being pounded by NATO four years ago, are a few ruined buildings, the green flooring of Gaddafi's home and a dug-up network of underground tunnels.
article_snippet.sent: Rebels later bulldozed the palace - but the green flooring from Gaddafi's home is still visible in parts of the derelict site .
article_snippet.sent: Gaddafi had expanded the grounds by knocking down adjacent neighbourhoods.
article_snippet.sent: Another of Gaddafi's homes in Sabha in the south of the country has suffered the same fate.
article_snippet.sent: The former palace in Benghazi is now a dumping ground for people's rubbish, having once symbolised Colonel Gaddafi's grip on Libya .
highlights_snippet.sent: Opulent palace in Tripoli - which once had a zoo, fairground and pool - was razed to the ground during the 2011 revolution .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Now Gaddafi former strongholds lie in ruin, after civil war which devastated country and saw Gaddafi killed by rebels .