Beit ed-Din

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Beit ed-Din
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Beiteddine Palace
State : LebanonLebanon Lebanon
Coordinates : 33 ° 42 '  N , 35 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 33 ° 42 '  N , 35 ° 35'  E
Time zone : UTC + 2
Beit ed-Din (Lebanon)
Beit ed-Din
Beit ed-Din

The Lebanese town of Beiteddine is the administrative center of the district Chouf in Mount Lebanon Governorate . The city is 45 kilometers southeast of Beirut and near Deir el-Qamar , from which it is separated by a steep valley. In 2010 it had 1,613 registered voters and its residents are predominantly Maronites, Melkites and Greek Orthodox. The land area of Beit ed-Din is 244 hectares and its average altitude is 860 meters above sea level.

The city, which hosts an annual summer festival, is home to the Beit ed-Din palace .

history

Emir Bashir II of the Shihab dynasty, who later became ruler of Mount Lebanon , began building the palace on the site of a Druze hermitage in 1788 . In 1811 Bashir moved the capital of the emirate from Deir al-Qamar to Beit ed-Din . When he was exiled in 1840, the palace was used by the Ottomans as a government building. During the French mandate , it served as the local administrative office.

In 1943, the first Lebanese President, Béchara el-Khoury, declared the palace to be a presidential summer residence. The palace was badly damaged in the Lebanese civil war .

In Beit ed-Din there are three other palaces that were built for the sons of Emir Bashir II. However, they are not accessible to the public.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Beit Ed Dine . Localiban. January 10, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2017.