Beiteddine Palace (Arabic: قصر بيت الدين) is a 19th-century palace in... (Beit Ed-Deen, Mont-Liban, Lebanon)
August 28, 2018 by awandererinbeirut
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
Mir Bashir II of the Shihab dynasty, who later became the ruler of the Mount Lebanon Emirate, built the palace between 1788 and 1818 . After 1840, the palace was used by the Ottomans as a government building. During the French Mandate it served as a local administrative office.
In 1943, the palace was declared the official president's summer residence. During the Lebanese Civil War it was heavily damaged. Parts of the palace are today open to the public while the rest is still the president's summer residence
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