Opulent palace in ruin - which once had a zoo , fairground and pool - was razed to the ground during revolution . Libyans were 'even afraid to look at walls of palace ' , for fear of being arrested while Gaddafi was in power . Now his former strongholds lie in Tripoli , after civil war which devastated country and saw Gaddafi killed by rebels .
Opulent palace in Tripoli - which once had a zoo , fairground and pool - was razed to the ground during revolution . Libyans were 'even afraid to look at walls of palace ' , for fear of being arrested while Gaddafi was in power . Now his former strongholds lie in ruin , after civil war which devastated country and saw Gaddafi killed by rebels .