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The Beit Beirut in 2011. The Museum and Urban Cultural Center of Beirut or colloquially; Bayt Beirut/Barakat (Arabic: بيت بيروت / بركات; literally "the house of Beirut/Barakat") is a venue serving as a war memorial museum and artwork showcasing center dedicated to portraying the history of Beirut, with a particular focus on the Lebanese Civil War from artistic point of views.
Beirut is a destination for tourists from both the Arab world and West. [130] In Travel + Leisure magazine's World Best Awards 2006, it was ranked the 9th best city in the world. [131] That list was voted upon shortly before the 2006 Lebanon War broke out, but in 2008 The Guardian listed Beirut as one of its top ten cities in the world. [132]
This is a list of cities and towns in Lebanon [1] distributed according to district. There are total 1000 districts. 56.21% of the population lives in 19 cities and towns, which gives the average 2,158 people per town.
1938 – Al Akhbar newspaper begins publication. 1941 – Eastern Times newspaper begins publication. [3] 1942 – National Museum of Beirut opens. View of Beirut in 1950. 1943 – Beirut becomes capital city of independent Lebanon. 1946. Nicolas Rizk takes office as Governor of Beirut. Al-Hayat newspaper begins publication.
From 1110 to 1291, the town and Lordship of Beirut was part of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The city was taken by Saladin in 1187 and recaptured in 1197 by Henry I of Brabant as part of the German Crusade of 1197. John of Ibelin, known as the Old Lord of Beirut, was granted the lordship of the city in 1204.
The area was first recorded in history around 4000 BC as a group of coastal cities and a heavily forested hinterland. [citation needed] It was inhabited by the Canaanites, a Semitic people, whom the Greeks called "Phoenicians" because of the purple (phoinikies) dye they sold. These early inhabitants referred to themselves as "men of Sidon" or ...
Ain Saade – Beit Mery Aintoura, Metn Antelias – Naccache Ayroun Baabdat Baskinta Beit Chabab – Chaouiye & Konaytra Beit el Chaar & Hadirat Biakout Bikfaya – Mhaydseh Bourj Hammoud Broummana Bsalim – Mezher – Majzoub Bteghrine Choueir – Ain el Sendianeh Dahr el Sawan Dbayeh – Zouk al Khrab – Haret al Ballaneh – Aoukar
40,211 (2009) [1] Director. Anne-Marie Ofeish [2] The National Museum of Beirut (Arabic: متحف بيروت الوطنيّ, Matḥaf Bayrūt al-waṭanī) is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942. The museum has collections totaling about 100,000 ...