Zokak el-Blat

The Grand Seraglio (2008)

Zokak el-Blat ( Arabic زقاق البلاط) is a district of the Lebanese capital Beirut . It is located on the southern edge of the city center.

Zokak el-Blat comprises the two districts Serail (sector 23) and Patriarcat (sector 24), with only the northern, Serail, belonging to the so-called " Beirut Central District " (BCD). The district is home to the Lebanese Prime Minister ( Grand Serail ), the UN's Economic and Social Commission for West Asia and the Beirut Orient Institute .

The Khalil Gibran Park is open to the public . Some of the formerly magnificent buildings, such as the Bechara-el-Khoury Palace , are empty as speculative objects and are threatened with decay.

literature

• Hans Gebhardt: History, space and social conflict in Beirut. The quarter of Zokak el-Blat. Würzburg: Ergon, 2005. ISBN 978-3-89913-451-3 (Series: Beiruter Texte und Studien , Vol. 97)

Web links

• Serge Yazigi, Rita Chedid, Marieke Krijnen: Zokak el-Blat: a neighborhood of contrasts (2014)
• Gareth Smyth: Zuqaq al-Blat, symbol of one man's quest for an Arab renaissance (2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roï Saade: "Bushara El Khoury Palace (Not the past president)" , May 31, 2014.