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Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / ⓘ, bay-ROOT; [4] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, [5] which makes it the fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world.
The "Shoreline Walk" is a proposes sequence of connected spaces which form part of the reconstruction of the Beirut city centre. Following the 1975–91 Lebanese Civil War in Lebanon, the Beirut city centre was left devastated, Avenue des Français and the coastline had become a dumping ground, extending the land by more than 600m to the north. [14]
The Barakat House, known today as Beit Beirut, was constructed in 1924 by Nicholas Barakat and his wife Victoria, members of Beirut’s Greek Orthodox bourgeoisie, who purchased the land, plot number 1237, and commissioned Youssef Aftimus, a notable Lebanese architect who designed the Beirut's City Hall, for the construction of the building with Aftimus designing the ground and first floors.
Bab Idriss was one of the main entrances to Beirut's city center, and a popular destination until 1975. With the reconstruction, it was designed as a new square. With the reconstruction, it was designed as a new square.
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City. By the ...
Facade of the Beirut City Hall. Beirut City Hall, also known as the Municipality of Beirut, is a landmark building built in downtown Beirut, Lebanon in 1924, [1] and has become an architectural landmark in the downtown area of Beirut Central District. It features a yellow limestone facade and combines various architectural styles. [1]
Due to the numerous sidewalk cafes and theatres, Hamra Street was the centre of intellectual activity in Beirut during the 1960s and 1970s. [1] Hamra Street was known as Beirut's Champs Elysées, as it was frequented by tourists all year round. Before 1975, Hamra Street and the surrounding district was known as Beirut's trendiest.
1878: Plans to modernize the harbor and the city center set out by the Municilpaity of Beirut. 1927: Completion of works on Foch Street, which started in 1919. 1920: Launch of the Municipality of Beirut's competition regarding the design of future buildings on Foch and Allenby Streets.