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Martyrs' Monument was built to honor the hanging of a cross-confessional group of Lebanese Patriots on May 6, 1916, who had spoken against Turkish rule by Ottoman General Jamal Pasha. It is located at what is now known as Martyrs' Square in the heart of downtown Beirut, Lebanon. It was created by Italian sculptor Marino Mazzacurati, and ...
The "Old Opera House" on Martyrs' Square. Synonymous with Lebanon's modern history, Martyrs' Square is a central, and biggest, town square in Beirut and its central district. [40] Initially named "Place des Canons", or "Cannons Square", it was built by the Ottomans during their occupation of Lebanon in the 19th century.
The prime minister Rafic Hariri was assassinated on February 14, 2005, and his body is buried next to the mosque, within the Martyr Square of Beirut. The mosque was used for the ceremony of the funeral of Hariri. On August 4, 2020, the mosque was badly damaged by the Beirut explosions. Its chandeliers and windows were shattered, leaving broken ...
In the early 1970s, the Ministry of Tourism and the Municipality of Beirut gave the corner the name of ‘Al-Ajami Square’ in honor of the famous restaurant. Although it never became the established press center of Beirut, Trablos Street maintained its role as an important commercial thoroughfare until 1975.
Megiddo. Mesopotamia Campaign. Ahmed Djemal(Ottoman Turkish: احمد جمال پاشا, romanized: Ahmed Cemâl Pasha; 6 May 1872 – 21 July 1922), also known as Djemal Pasha, was an Ottomanmilitary leader and one of the Three Pashasthat ruled the Ottoman Empireduring World War I. Cemal was born in Mytilene, Lesbos. As an officer of the II ...
Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / bay-ROOT; [3] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, [4] which makes it the fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the seventeenth-largest in the Arab world.
Deir al-Qamar. Deir al-Qamar (Arabic: دَيْر الْقَمَر, romanized: Dayr al-qamar, lit. 'Monastery of the moon') is a city south-east of Beirut in south-central Lebanon. It is located five kilometres outside of Beit ed-Dine in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate at 800 m of average altitude.
History. Avenue des Français was created out of the widening of the former Rue Minet El Hosn during the period of the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon as part of an urban renewal project planned for the capital. [ 1 ] It was Beirut's first seaside promenade. [ 2 ] The levee along the waterfront was enlarged with the wreckage from the old town ...