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The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George, completed in 1772, is located directly on Nejmeh Square and is the oldest orthodox church in Beirut. Its location is believed to be directly adjacent to the site of the ancient Roman law school of Beirut. The church underwent several restorations in its history due to natural disasters, erosion, and ...
1915: Plans designed to connect the lower town (by the harbor) to the upper town (by the Pine forest on the outskirts of Beirut). Plans later failed after the construction of the Grand Théâtre. 1921: Street was named Maarad Street (exhibition road in Arabic) after the International Fair that took place there that year.
Google Maps Street View Trekker backpack being implemented on the sidewalk of the Hudson River Greenway in New York City. In late 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View, including 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) of the Australian Great Barrier Reef in 3D. The images are taken by special cameras which turn 360 degrees and take shots ...
The jewel of the square is a 1930s clock-tower with its four-faced Rolex clock. The clock tower was a gift from Lebanese-Mexican émigré Michel Abed. [31] Today, the square is filled with tourists and locals who come here to dine, walk or enjoy the street life. The square is also known for its noticeable population of pigeons.
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.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Entrance to the Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp Bourj el-Barajneh is a municipality located in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in Lebanon. The municipality lies between Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport and the town of Haret Hreik. In the June 7, 2009 parliamentary election in Lebanon ...
Blurred intentionally on Bing Maps. [15] Rendered in lower resolution on Google Maps and Mapquest. Heliport [16] in El Ejido: Spain: Square blurred on Google and Bing. Visible e.g. in HERE WeGo and Yandex.
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque (Arabic: جامع محمد الأمين), also referred to as the Blue Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. In the 19th century, a zawiya was built on this site. Decades of preparation to obtain sufficient land adjacent to the old Zawiya led finally to the building of the new mosque.