Beiteddin
Forty -three kilometer from Beirut stands this magnificent palace
built at the beginning of the 19th century by Emir Bechir II, who
reigned over Lebanon for more than 50 years. With its arcades, galleries
and rooms decorated by artists from Lebanon, Damascus and Italy, this
building is a model of eastern architecture.
Today the palace houses a museum of feudal weapons, costumes and jewelry
as well as an archeological museum and a museum of Byzantine mosaics
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