Beit ed-Din
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 Beiteddine Palace |
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 Lebanon
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| Coordinates : | 33 ° 42 ' N , 35 ° 35' E | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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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
- ^ Beit Ed Dine . Localiban. January 10, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2017.