The Lebanese Parliament مجلس النواب Assemblée nationale

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The Lebanese parliament building was designed by Beaux-Arts architect Mardiros Altounian. The facade has an imposing symmetrical structure with an oriental revivalist style articulating historical regional references with neo-Mamluk overtones. It was built in 1933 in Place de l'Etoile (Sahet el-Nejmé), a Parisian-style roundabout where six broad avenues intersect. The square is believed to have occupied the site of the Roman Forum of Berytus where the Roman School of Law once stood, before being levelled by the great earthquake of 551 AD. The parliament is a unicameral system with128 members elected to a four year term. They are apportioned equally among Lebanon's diverse Christian and Muslim denominations.