Barakat Building / Beit Beirut
Barakat Building / Beit Beirut was used as a venue during Beirut Street Festival 2011.
The Barakat House/Beit Beirut is a 1924 masterpiece. It used to house upper middle class families until the outbreak of the civil war in 1975, when it became a vantage point for snipers due to its strategic location on the dividing ʻGreen Lineʼ. In 1997 it was sentenced for demolition, but was saved in 2003 by the efforts of officials, architects, heritage activists, journalists and NGOs.
It is scheduled for restoration to accommodate the Museum of Memory, tracing the 7000-year history of the city, prospected to open in 2013.
Source: Norway - the official site in Lebanon, norway-lebanon.org, 18.03.2012, http://www.norway-lebanon.org/News_and_events/Culture/Norwegian-artists-at-the-2011-Beirut-Street-Festival/
Information
(Objekt ID 27656)| Object type | Venue |
| Other connections | Beirut Street Festival |
| Website | Beit Beirut - Museum and Urban Cultural Center |
| Established | January 1, 1924 |
Contact information
| Address | Damascus Road, Beirut, Lebanon |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Nothing's for something | – April 24, 2014, fieldworks vzw |
| A perfectly safe hide-out | – October 2, 2011, Siljeholm/Christophersen, Mari Meen Halsøy |
| A perfectly safe hide-out | – October 1, 2011, Siljeholm/Christophersen, Mari Meen Halsøy |