Publicomos

Réf.

41753

Type

conference item

Titre

The absence of cultural district at Beirut with a comparison of the cultural district in the historical city of Tripoli

Langues

English

Auteurs

Salloum, Laure

Date

2005

Pagination de section

1-1

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

historic towns / conservation / conservation of architecture / management / historic town centres / master plans

Pays mentionnés

Lebanon

Monuments et sites

Beirut, Lebanon / Tripoli, Lebanon

Résumé en anglais

Beirut: Restoration is growing fast, and down town Beirut under the influence of Solidere is changing from a devastated war zone to an enormous building site, on which some attempt is made to preserve the unique architectural heritage now disclosed. Beirut: The history of Lebanon demonstrates that Beirut (Downtown) the capital was the paradis of the Middle East. But the civil was of 1975-1990 seems catastrophic; Beirut was eliminated from the country’s social life and business activity inside a shop or the different souks which was divided between the type and the quality.

Document joint

3-44.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)