Beit-Eddine Palace (Model 1) - Chouf District - Lebanon

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Beiteddine Palace (Arabic: قصر بيت الدين‎) is a 19th century palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon. It hosts the annual Beiteddine Festival and the Beiteddine Palace Museum. It is located in the Chouf District, approx. 50 km southeast of Beirut and near the town of Deir el-Qamar from which it is separated by a steep valley. The town is famous for its magnificent Beiteddine Palace which hosts the Beiteddine Festival every summer. The palace was built by emir Bashir Shihab II in the period between 1788 and 1818. It was the emir's residence until 1840. Afterwards the building was used by the Ottoman authorities as the government residence. Later, under the French Mandate following World War I, it was used for local administrative purposes. The General Directorate of Antiquities restored the palace after it was declared a historic monument in 1934. After independence in 1943, the palace became the summer residence of the president of republic. Modeled by Omar Al-Mogharbel. For more information regarding model contact: omar.mog@hotmail.com #1788 #Al #AlMogharbel #Arab #Arabs #Beirut #Beit #Beiteddine #castle #Chouf #Dine #District #Druze #Eddine #emir #Festival #garden #gardens #Historic #History #Lebanese #Lebanon #Mogharbel #mountain #Museum #Omar #Palace #park #Religion #summer #town #trees #valley