Beit ed-Din palace

Beit ed-Din قصر بيت الدين
State :	Lebanon
Coordinates :	33 ° 42 ′  N , 35 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 42 ′  N , 35 ° 34 ′  E
Time zone :	UTC + 2
Beit ed-Din

Beit ed-Din ( Arabic قصر بيت الدين, DMG qaṣr Baytu d-Dīni; in pause : qaṣr Bayt ad-Dīn; Lebanese-Arabic : qaṣr Bēt ed-Dīn  'Palace "House of Religion"') is an Ottoman palace near the village of the same name, Beit ed-Din in the Chouf Mountains of Lebanon. It is located about 40 km southeast of Beirut near Dair al-Qamar .

description

In its construction, the palace is similar to the Azim Palace in Damascus. When you enter the palace, you first come to the large parade ground. This is surrounded by stables and storage rooms. The representative rooms that the Emir Bechir II and his successors used to rule and for audiences are also located here. Behind the public buildings is the harem , the emir's private area. Here are the chambers for women and a richly furnished oriental bath. All important rooms of the palace are decorated with painted wooden ceilings, mosaics and arcade arches.

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  Entrance, 2009

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  Wooden ceiling

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  Interior with floor mosaic

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  Garden in the east

history

Photo by Annemarie Schwarzenbach , 1935

Emir Bechir II. (1788–1840) had the palace built in the style of 19th century oriental architecture. Craftsmen from Damascus and Aleppo as well as architects from Italy took over 30 years to complete. Since Lebanon's independence in 1943, the palace has served as the summer residence of the Lebanese President.

Beiteddine Festival

A well-known music festival has been held here every year in July and August since 1985. Since 1997 a grandstand with around 5000 seats has been built in the outer courtyard of the palace. In 2010, for example, Max Raabe performed .

Web links

Commons : Beiteddine  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Beiteddine. middleeast.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beiteddine Art Festival. beiteddine.org (English)
2. ↑ Max Raabe at the Beiteddine music festival